Sendy Santamaria is an illustrator, designer & children’s book author from San Diego currently based in San Pablo, California. She received her BFA in Illustration with distinction 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 Mexican American culture. She is inspired by migration, perseverance, pigeons and love. 

For general inquiries please email sendysantamaria@gmail.com

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

Selected collaborations and clients include: San Francisco Public Library, The New York Times, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, 826 National, Randall Museum, SF Office of Economic & Workforce Development, Friends of the LA River, Berkeley Symphony, and Machete Beer House.