Her real name, Norma Andreu, although most people refer to her as Cara, is a Mexican illustrator and textile artist living in Montreal since 2009. Cara has a background in graphic design from Mexico City Fine Arts Institute, drawing accreditation from Florence Istituto Spinelli, and fashion and children illustration from NYC, Parsons.
Cara Carmina currently has five children books published, draws with her sewing machine to make dolls and more recently has been seen on the street art scene with wheat pastings of her trademark characters, which were found in Rome and Montreal.