Kathy Cano-Murillo, The Crafty Chica, is the founder of the award-winning site, Crafty Chica.com, specializing in Mexican-inspired crafts. She is a former syndicated newspaper columnist and now a full-time creativepreneur and has authored several craft books and novels, a book about the life of Frida Kahlo, and her latest – The Crafty Chica Creates. Her product lines have been sold on HSN, at Barnes & Noble, Michaels, and hundreds of pottery, craft, and fabric shops across the country. Kathy’s mission is to promote positivity via creativity! Features include Forbes, The New York Times, Buzzfeed+ more.

Kathy launched CraftyChica.com in 2001 which has evolved into a well-rounded lifestyle site that is anchored in DIY and crafts, but also embraces books, shopping, fashion, business, movies, food, travel, beauty, tech, family life and more. Her life's mission to inspire others to bring out their inner sparkle – and to see the sparkle in others. She believes in paying it forward and setting a positive example. She uses CraftyChica.com to share all the little and big things that make life sweet!