Lydia Loy-Santelli grew up in an artistic household where she was exposed to a creative lifestyle and many hours in galleries and museums. Her grandparents are painters, her father a fine art photographer, and mother a graphic designer and painter. Lydia’s initial intention was to pursue a career in medicine, which slowly faded when she took several fine art courses at Goucher College and realized how much she genuinely enjoyed the creative arts which inspired her transfer to Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. She graduated with her BFA in Ceramics in May 2016.