Mia Araujo is an Argentine American artist and writer, born and raised with her twin sister in Los Angeles, California. She co-hosts Painted in Color, a BIPOC art podcast on YouTube. Mia graduated as valedictorian from Otis College of Art and Design, with a BFA in Illustration and a minor in Creative Writing. She has shown her work in galleries and conventions across the US and around the world, and her illustration work has been commissioned by Penguin Random House, Wizards of the Coast, HBO, and the Washington Post.

When she is not painting or writing, Mia enjoys watching fútbol and filling every sketchbook she can find with drawings from her observations and her imagination. Her debut illustrated novel, Afia in the Land of Wonders, is a blend of her passions for visual storytelling and prose, a project that she has dedicated over a decade to crafting.