Keiko Mello, born Keiko Welch, hails from an interracial family in Minneapolis’s Northside. As Keiko grew up, she used drawing, dancing, and playing drums in rock bands to ground herself. She and David Mello met in 1997 in Seattle and have been inseparable since. Today, Keiko and David are slow-travel digital nomads, and their latest project as STAY MELLO CREATIVE is crafting the second book in a planned trilogy of Ebon.