Vedashree Bankar is currently a Senior at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She will graduate in 2016 with a BFA, in Graphic Design. She was born in Pune, India and moved to United States for her education. She strongly believes art has the power to connect people from all over the world, and help them express themselves by finding their unique voice. She enjoys making art with the community members, and especially with young children. Her past teaching experiences include working for non-profit organizations in India, and teaching kindergarten children in Germany. She likes to connect to people from different cultures and backgrounds though her creative practice. She hopes to be the channel to help people connect better with them selves by infusing art in their lives.  In the future she would like to work to work as a Product Designer in organizations that are working in the Edtech environment.