Ingrid Hess is an illustrator, graphic designer and educator. The
simplicity in her work is
heavily influenced by her Amish/Mennonite
heritage; the bright colors and patterns are
inspired by art from Costa
Rica (her childhood home for four years).
Ingrid holds an MFA in
Graphic Design with an emphasis in the book arts and has worked
in the
publishing industry since 1996. Her dual passions of design and
illustration work
well together and help her tell stories through
pictures. Her research focuses on economic
justice as a way to bring
peace to the world and empowers kids to understand that they
can make a
difference.
Ingrid also understands how critical it is that all
types of children are represented in the
books they read. Historically
children’s books have not done a good job depicting diversity.
This
problem is slowly beginning to change. Ingrid is part of this change.