BOITUMELO MOTHUPI is a writer and educator who is passionate about learning and children's mental health. She has a BA in Education and is currently studying towards her postgraduate diploma. Through her reading and writing community projects she has managed to help children understand themselves better and has encouraged critical thinking skills. She is also a voice for children with learning difficulties and assist in getting them the necessary support. Boitumelo is originally from Lehurutshe in Northwest Province but currently lives in Centurion.

Boitumelo Mothupi is a writer and educator who is passionate about learning and children's mental health. She has a BA in Education and is currently studying towards her postgraduate diploma. Through her reading and writing community projects she has managed to help children understand themselves better and has encouraged critical thinking skills. She is also a voice for children with learning difficulties and assist in getting them the necessary support. Boitumelo is originally from Lehurutshe in Northwest Province but currently lives in Centurion.

As a child, Subi drew all the time. In every room of the house and sometimes even on the walls. He was born in Mthatha, grew up in Pretoria and completed high school in Hammanskraal. In 2010 he went to Cape town to study architecture at UCT and worked as an architectural technologist for a few years, but he never felt as if he was adding value to the industry. He started illustrating when he was busy with postgraduate studies. The feedback he received from classmates, encouraged him to start freelancing through online services such as Upwork and Fiverr.

Subi aims to create warm and colourful scenes in his illustrations and to represent African people in all their beautiful textures, tones, sizes and features. Being a children’s book illustrator has brought him great fulfillment and he loves helping to bring stories to life and sharing these stories with readers.