Lost and Found

This project is a charity project that I worked on over the span of 4 months from late 2025 to February this year. 

I've always wanted to help out communities and this came up at school. 

As illustrators and designers alike, we were asked to cover kid's stories about how they lost their favorite things in the recent Altadena fire. I personally wanted to cover more kids, so I chose a girl who lost her favorite plushie in the fire, and as well as a boy who lost his entire hot wheels collection in the fire. 

We would then turn their memories of their favorite things into a new keepsake item; some people did blankets, some did interactive posters. I made an actual hoodie for the girl to keep warm and cozy at all times, and a timeless cool poster for the hot wheels dedicated boy. 

At the end, during the exhibition, I was able to meet with the families who went through this unfortunate event, it was such a community driven project and I have future plans to work with CMY non-profit, ran by Alvin Oje.