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Maritza Ruiz-Kim
Artist & Writer
Diablo Valley Region,
San Francisco Bay Area

Welcome to this blog where I store all things related to my recent art + writing work.

I started the summer wanting to merge my interest in studying U.S. history, sociopolitical structures, and how people treat each other, into an art + writing project of some sort.

I wasn’t certain what form it would take.

I ended up with a picture book story about a girl who has her own ideas about what she wants, how she wants it, and what makes her get up & go!

Summer & Fall 2019:

• I joined the Society for Picture Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)
• I wrote and wrote and wrote and I finished a picture book manuscript
• I worked my art making proclivities into an illustration style that suits me 🙂 
• I made thumbnail sketches for my first picture book
• I have almost finished full art for a couple page spreads…

and I’m almost ready to start sending this work into the world!

YAY!