Rich Pellegrino is an award-winning illustrator and artist based on the South Shore of Boston. He serves as an Assistant Professor of Illustration and Comic Arts at New England College in Henniker, NH, bringing 12 years of experience in higher education and 17 years as a professional illustrator with internationally exhibited work. His contributions to the field were recently highlighted in an interview with WMUR Manchester’s NH Chronicle, where he discussed his career in illustration and his role in education. Pellegrino currently resides just outside of Boston, MA, with his wife, two daughters, and their cat.