APRIL MARTINEZ was born in the Philippines and raised in San Diego, CA, daughter of a US Navy chef and a US postal worker. Dissatisfied that she couldn’t make use of her creative tendencies, she started working as an imaging specialist for a big book and magazine publishing house in Irvine and learned the trade of graphic design. From that point on, she worked as a graphic designer and webmaster while doing freelance art and illustration at night. April lives with her cat in Orange County, California.