I am a Hispanic indigenous queer autistic individual that lived in southeast Idaho my entire life, I was primarily hidden away near a small town by the borders of Montana and Idaho, living with my family on a small rural patch of countryside, I went to highschool at Clark County Jr/Sr High, and graduated May of 2022.
After graduation I applied and got accepted to the University of Idaho, which worked out for me since I wanted to be in Moscow because the Arts programs in Idaho thrived better in the acclaimed city of the arts. I was always fascinated being involved into art as my main study, when I was 3 I would draw all over my moms recipe cards leading her to hide them away from me.
In high school I would draw on my homework constantly, make presentations about art and design. When my dad fell sick I would draw constantly to cope with the anxiety and pain of the fact he was struck with poor health and I would lose him any time in my life earlier than expected, when he passed away in May of 2023, right before my second semester of my freshman year was finished, I pushed myself hard to make a cartoon or comic series inspired by the motivation and inspiration he held onto me, and ever since I've been devoted into becoming and illustrator or cartoonist.
Adriana Gutierrez
