Yuka Harada is a native of Japan, educated in fine art at the Academy of Art University of San Francisco. Graduating with a BFA in Illustration in 2009, Yuka quickly began an internship as a greeting card designer at American Greetings in Cleveland, Ohio, and returned to San Francisco to become an educator of art at the Academy of Art University. Yuka's feminine, colorful and decorative style of illustrations and designs fits well to a variety of products such as greeting cards, stationary, small gifts, and children's books. Her goal is to develop a line of social expression products to help people better connect through her art.