Courtney Donnellan was born in Suffolk, Virginia, and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Emerging Media from the University of Central Florida. Her exhibitions include UCF’s Art Knight 2024, UCF Celebrates the Arts 2025, and UCF Art Gallery’s Kaleidoscope Exhibition. She has a love of traveling that came from visiting family on opposite sides of the East Coast, and the places she has visited influence the art she creates. She has a passion for learning about other cultures and people that came from traveling and does her best to reflect that in her artworks. She has a certification in Visual Effects & Motion Graphics using Adobe After Effects, and her future goals include working at a 2D studio, such as Cartoon Saloon or Titmouse, and creating her own narrative animations for her characters.