Car­los Vélez Aguil­era is a pro­fes­sion­al illus­tra­tor based in Mex­i­co City, Mex­i­co. He grad­u­at­ed from the Nation­al School of Plas­tic Arts and has illus­trat­ed more than twen­ty chil­dren’s books includ­ing his graph­ic nov­el Salón Des­ti­no.