Satwika Pitchala is a senior and a B.S. Art student at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. She enjoyed visiting artists and art museums, and taking art classes in elementary, middle, and high school. In middle school, she also participated in the art club after school when she was in 8th grade. Attending College of DuPage in 2020, she took art and animation classes to have creativity and inspiration from her artworks. After transferring as a junior from COD with her two associate’s degrees in 2023 (one on May 19th and the other one on August 5th), she attended NIU to take different art and animation classes to earn her bachelor’s degree and graduate in May 2025. After graduating from NIU as a senior, her goal is to find and apply for some art and animation jobs and opportunities or internships, and workplaces where she will work to earn more money.