Aria Villafranca (she/her) is a Filipino-American comic artist and editor from Ewa Beach, Hawaiʻi. She received her BFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa in 2017, as well as an MFA in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art in Design in 2021.
Her recent roles include lead illustrator of the award-winning Duty to Country online exhibition in collaboration with the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project, and Night Kitchen Interactive, in 2020; the illustrator of the follow-up graphic novel "In the Shadow of Giants", written by Matthew Fisher, in 2023; and as an Editor and Managing Editor at WEBTOON Entertainment, from 2020-2026.
Aria is based in Los Angeles, CA, where she enjoys drinking coffee, walking her dog, and winding down from making and editing comics by reading comics. She also enjoys rollerskating, reading about history and politics, and fiddling on the piano.
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