I’ve been interested in art for as long as I can remember. When I was asked in school what I wanted to be, I never gave the typical girl answers of vet, teacher, mom, instead I always said, “I want to be a cartoonist in Japan!” Anime was hardly a thing here so I didn’t even have a clue they were called something completely different. I just remember that I loved Sailor Moon and I wanted to make things like that. When I entered junior high, art was my escape. I would take my portable CD player, insert my latest burned CD– usually a mix of Cyndi Lauper, The Birthday…