Carissa Potter founded People I’ve Loved in 2011. She is an artist and illustrator who has published three books: I Like You, I Love You, It's Okay to Feel Things Deeply, and How to Heal From Heartbreak (Or At Least Feel Less Broken).

Over the years, she has been lucky enough to work with nice people on collaborations through People I've Loved, including Facebook, Color Factory, The Body Shop, Pinterest, SF Center for the Book, Google, SFMOMA, YouTube, ICA Boston, Anthropologie, The ChanZuckerberg Initiative, Madewell, The Hammer Museum, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, The Wall Street Journal, Nylon Magazine, BAMPFA, The Annenberg Space for Photography, SF Arts Commission, Kala Art Institute, Happinez Magazine, and possibly you.

She lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and daughter.