Rebecca Lee Kunz grew up in Oklahoma and went on to earn a BFA in painting from the College of Santa Fe. She is an artist and the owner of Tree of Life Studio in Santa Fe, NM, where she runs her business and lives with her husband and raises three daughters. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, her work draws upon tribal iconography and is greatly inspired by mythic and archetypal symbolism. "Chooch Helped" is her debut picture book, it won the newest Caldecott Medal 2025.
Awards: Caldecott Medal
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