Emma Yamamoto
Illustrator
Emma Yamamoto is a first year Neurobiology student at the University of California, Davis and a local artist from Walnut Creek. Her work explores themes of identity, mental health, and sexuality, utilizing surrealistic and hyperrealistic techniques to break the stigma surrounding these themes through artwork. When she’s not drawing or painting, Emma is likely knitting, listening to Mitski, or working out in her home gym.
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Our Bodies, Our Rights: Special Issue • Poetry
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about The VaultFeatured • Nonfiction
The Vault
"And although a small blip in my growing up, who knows how the trajectory of my life that followed might have shifted had I not spent months dwelling on Kerri Strug and imagining what it would be like to meet her, to know her, to befriend her."
Featured • Nonfiction