Cara Ballejos

My artistic journey began back in middle school when I began drawing comics. Thanks to the encouragement of my teachers and dad, I continued to study art and majored in animation. My focus in college became storyboarding, as story has always been my key interest in movies and animation. After graduating with my BFA, I came to Academy of Arts University to earn my MA and learn more to help me succeed in my goal of becoming a storyboard artist. During this time I worked as a high school film and art teacher, where my love for film and storytelling grew as I helped inspire students and encourage them like my teachers did for me. I’ve met many people on this journey, and I would like to help create something wonderful to share with them and others, to continue inspiring others to tell stories. Stories are one of the many things that make us human, they tell our history, our ideals, our hopes and fears. Stories are the lenses that we view others, past and present through.