Marika Cresta is an Italian artist born in Terni. She holds a degree in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome and a post-graduate degree from the International School of Comics in Rome. Her first published work was a short story in the book Yamazaki 18 Years Apocrypha. Since then, her work can be found in Summit, Power Pack, X-Men, Dr. Aphra, Captain Carter, and Star Wars: The High Republic.