Kate Johnston was born and grew up as a "Valley Girl" of Los Angeles, with a severe hearing loss and cerebral palsy. Her family discouraged her creativity, and she thought she couldn't draw. Now, she is a writer and a visual artist, using line, shape, color, texture, and text in her creative repertoire. Her interests lie in color pencils, watercolors, and printmaking, especially monoprints. She likes to take a design, see how it changes with different colors, and adding tape and papers for texture. Her art expresses her emotions about living as a person with a disability.