Fueled by high-octane pigtails and a steady diet of frozen yogurt, Stephanie Grace Lim is a photo-illustrating design machine. Winning hundreds of top industry awards, she has been nationally recognized for her photography, illustrations and design. Among them, acclaim from Nikon, Society of News Design, National Press Photographers Association, the California, North Carolina & Michigan Press Photographer Associations, Associated Press, National Headliner Awards, as well as winning Michigan College Photographer of the Year and a Pulitzer Prize nomination.

 

Sherpas have scaled the mountain of toys in Stephanie’s cubicle at Apple. Previous heroic expeditions have taken place at PayPal, the San Jose Mercury News, Charlotte Observer, Ann Arbor News and the University of Michigan. Her work has been featured in Life Magazine, People, Ebony, Photographer’s Forum and Print, as well as being chosen to design the 17th Annual San Jose Jazz Festival poster.

 

In addition to being a graphic designer at Apple, Principal Creative Designer at PayPal and Features Design Director at the San Jose Mercury News, she's been a hip-hop dance teacher, taiko drummer, wushu ninja, and a jet-setting creativity seminar speaker. She also recently started a children’s photography business: stephaniegracelimphotography.com. In her spare time, Stephanie can be found hugging fat kitties, photographing chubby-cheeked babies, and training to be a world-famous sumo wrestler.