Mai was born in Long Beach, CA in 1981 and raised in Huntington Beach, CA. She graduated from Cal State University, Long Beach in 2005 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. She was also winner of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) Illustrator Contest for “Crusin’” in 2007, and was also one of their Featured Artists in 2008. Since then, she has illustrated several picture books with various publishers.

Mai currently lives in Lancaster, CA with her husband Joshua Kemble (Xeric Grant Winner for NUMB/comic book artist/designer/illustrator) and their dogs, C.K. Dexter Haven and Bernie.

Email Mai at yeshchatte@gmail.com for commissions or other inquiries.

Clients

Page Publishing, 2026

Max the Pup Publishing, 2025

Lil Oil Publishing, 2025

Littlebookshut, 2024 & 2023

Childish Mane LLC., 2024

Cedric D Fisher & Company Publishers, 2023

Back Nine Press, 2023

Pink Nickel Publishing, 2022

The Magnus Company, 2022

Blue Spring Publishers, 2022

eWonderment, 2020 & 2022

Inkblot Press, 2022

White Feather Interpreting LLC, 2022

Outskirts Press, 2013

Epigraph Books, 2012

Charlesbridge, 2011

Downtown Bookworks, 2010

Ambassador, 2009

Red Cygnet Press, 2007 & 2008