ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrea Ballo is the founder of Coco Michele Illustrations. After nearly a decade in the retail buying industry, Andrea left her corporate job to pursue her passion for the arts. Andrea founded Coco Michele in 2018 with the mission to make the black woman the protagonist of her work - celebrating their beauty, values, and accomplishments. Andrea has built an audience of over 900K engaged members across her social platforms and her content brings in well over 1M monthly impressions. Coloring with Coco: Rest and Reflect, is her first published book. Coloring with Coco: Sisterhood in Solidarity, will be released in January.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Safon Floyd is executive editor at Callisto Publishing, an imprint at Sourcebooks. Prior to joining Callisto Publishing, she was the digital editor at Black Enterprise Magazine and editor for the Girl Scouts of the USA. She hosts monthly book club, Books & BS, and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

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