Gabriela Rueda is an illustrator based in Germany. While writing is not her primary focus, a necessity to make peace with her childhood inspired her to write an abstractly illustrated story, The Joy and Storms of An Inner Life. Through it, she explores vivid memories and emotions she experienced as a very sensitive child.

As a child, Gabriela genuinely found pure joy in the smallest details of creating and playing; yet, darker feelings of not fitting in would often catch her out of the blue. Her intense self-awareness made it difficult to navigate certain expectations of how one is supposed to be and live this life. Thankfully, being deeply in tune with her emotions helped her heal. With the help of her loved ones, she learns that beneath all the external noise, there is a place for all of us to exist as our authentic selves.

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