Ava Nguyen is an animation major at California College of the Arts who was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a creator, her favorite part of animation is narrative storytelling through characters. Her influences stem from pop culture 2000’s cartoons like Teen Titans and 6teen. She is also inspired by Japanese anime including Attack on Titan and Howl’s Moving Castle. Her work includes episodic storytelling that combines fantasy with slice of life. She hopes to create animations that make others happy, just as they did for her.