Sendy Santamaria is an illustrator from San Diego currently based in Oakland, California. She received her BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts. She enjoys storytelling with multiple mediums.

She grew up along both sides of the border between San Diego and Tijuana and spent a lot of time daydreaming on the San Diego Blue Line trolley. Her work celebrates everyday narratives and Chicanx culture. She is inspired by migration, perseverance, pigeons and love. 

She is currently working on a picture book with Chronicle Books to be released in 2023

For editorial projects and commissions please email sendysantamaria@gmail.com

For book inquiries, you can contact her literary agent Andrea Morrison at Writers House

Selected collaborations and clients include: NY Times, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, 826 National, ZSPACE, Museum of Contemporary Arts San Diego, New Americans Museum, VISUAL Public Art Project, and Machete Beer House.