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Molly Chao

Molly (Yun-Tzu) Chao (She/Her) is an illustrator based in Charlottesville, Virginia. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a Master of Arts in Illustration. She creates picture books and spot images using Procreate, watercolor, and sometimes Chinese Ink Painting.

She loves telling stories with Taiwanese culture, queer identities, and love using animals as character. When not drawing, she loves to play tennis, pickleball, go to the gym, and brush her two cats to create fur balls.

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