Keertana Sreekumar is an artist and writer based in Bay Area, California. She has curated over 30+ gallery showings all across the United States and has won numerous awards for her hyperrealistic and surrealistic paintings. She has spoken on the TEDx stage and in front of the California Arts Commissioner board, urging communities to fund local arts programs. She founded the Youth Art Committee of San Ramon when she was 10 years old, the first student-led arts non-profit in the county. Keertana is currently working on her screenplay 'The California Child' and her upcoming novel.