Denise Alayón is a NY-based illustrator, designer, and printmaker born and raised in Puerto Rico. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts (NYC) in 2023 with a BFA in Illustration. Her work is inspired by her love of animals and the simplicity of everyday life living in a big city. She is passionate about bookmaking and loves collecting picture books. Most of her work comes to life through the process of risograph printing. She has worked as a freelance illustrator with the book editorial Grupo SM (Puerto Rico) and she recently worked as a marketing design intern at Barefoot Books (Concord, MA).