Carolyn Ferrari

Carolyn Ferrari is a lifelong artist who began her studies at Duke University as a pre-medical student, taking studio art courses for creative relief. After two years, she realized that there was no chemistry between her and the sciences, so she shifted her focus to the creative arts, literature and social sciences, and hoped to find a way to use her talents to have a meaningful impact. Upon graduating, she went into publishing, and at the age of twenty-six, she created Cards For A Cause, the first exclusively cause-related greeting card company in the U.S. With Carolyn as illustrator and CEO, the company quickly grew to represent over a dozen national and international nonprofit organizations, including the American Cancer Society, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Child Welfare League of America, AmFAR, Prevent Child Abuse America, and the Environmental Defense Fund. Her designs were sold in Pottery Barns, Border's Books, Bloomingdales, Macy's and independent retailers nationally, with all sales raising funds and awareness for the beneficiary causes.

After selling her publishing company to focus on her young children, Carolyn returned to painting--again for creative relief--becoming known for donating her impressioni...

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