Clara Longo de Freitas is a self-taught artist based in Baltimore. Originally from Brazil, she moved to the U.S. in 2016 and studied journalism at the  University of Maryland. She started drawing for her university's independent student newspaper, and later did illustrations for The Hill, NPR and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. Her editorial work has also been published at The Washington Post and the Baltimore Banner,  where she works as a journalist.