Gabriela Alemán (illustrator)

[2] Alemán was born and raised in San Francisco, California, U.S..[2] She is a self-identified queer woman and a first-generation American.

[4][5][6] Alemán grew up in the Mission District of San Francisco, where her family was once evicted from their home during the "early dot-com boom".

[1] In 2019, Alemán helped to design and create the artwork for the Loteria cards passed out during the #MissionLoteria initiative in San Francisco.

[7] On December 14, 2019 Alemán was one of the artists featured at the 6th annual multidisciplinary exhibition at the Acción Latina’s Juan R. Fuentes Gallery.

[9] Alemán is also the co-president of Latin@ Young Democrats of San Francisco and acted as a part time campaign manager for Gabriela López.