Born in Izmir. Earned her BA and MFA degrees in graphic design on scholarship from Dokuz Eylül University, Bilkent University and University of Florida. Her master thesis topics include posters of Turkish melodrama and graphic design for social good. Worked as an intern designer in UNICEF, Ghana. Received her PhD degree from Istanbul Technical University with her thesis on film title design in Turkish cinema. She’s an assistant professor in Faculty of Communications, Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul. She has been working as a freelance illustrator, designer and writer in various magazines and books. Her artistic and design background consists of diverse form and content with an emphasis to social issues in urban life and the explorations of interactive graphic mediums. Her work also consists of an award wining animation and videos screened worldwide. In the recent years, her main body of work has moved from socially charged projects to very personal ones. She continues her research on graphic design and her art and design projects in different mediums.