Sarah Shaw is a cartoonist, illustrator, and teacher who's always on the search for a good story. She makes memoir and nonfiction comics about daily life, culture, travel, living abroad, and women's history. Originally from Maine, she spent ten years teaching abroad in Korea, Colombia, and Nepal before moving back to New England in 2020. She is an Assistant Professor of Illustration at Maine College of Art & Design, and she also teaches online classes at the School of Visual Arts in Graphic Memoir and Comics Journalism.