Willard, Sarah Nesti: - Sarah Laura Nesti Willard is a part-time free-lance illustrator, muralist and event organizer, as well as a full member of faculty of the Visual Studies Department at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. She had specialized in Animation and Book Illustration from Kingston University and afterwards she received a Master in Visual Communication & Design from the Royal College of Arts in London. After few years, she obtained a second Master in Education from Nottingham University, in the UK. Since then, she has been working as an art educator in Spain, while operating in different European countries as a muralist and free-lance artist. Only recently Sarah has embraced the field of children's book illustration, currently working on different projects and publishing houses in UAE, where she lives. At the same time, she is producing research on the field.