Thérèse Cilia is a freelance illustrator creating works for commission, print, and web. She was born and raised in rural Ontario, spent her formative years on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean, and obtained a bachelor of fine arts degree in drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto. She recently turned a two-week artist retreat in Newfoundland into a year-long residence in Bonavista and is currently pursuing her way back to Newfoundland in hopes of calling it home.