Amari Rae Pulido

Amari Rae Pulido is a Cuban-American born and raised in New Jersey, USA. They are the proud parent of two adopted cats, Charlotte and Remington Grayson. As an inaugural Sakura Scholar pursuing a joint degree in global international relations from American University and Ritsumeikan University, Amari has had the opportunity to study abroad in Japan. Since primary school, Amari has been writing songs and short stories, with a poem of theirs published in the 2013 Pine Tree Poetry Collection. They are also a Quill and Scroll international honor society inductee for newspaper editing, literary publications, and yearbook contributions. Reading articles in late 2020 about real-life artificial intelligence developed by Neuralink sparked their imagination to create the story of "Chipd."