Isabelle Ballard was born in Kentucky in 1994 and holds dual citizenship in the United States and Costa Rica. She is an artist with a degree in Studio Art and a minor in Latin American Studies from Centre College. She has won several awards, including the Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant of $7,500 in 2019. Her paintings and murals are featured in the permanent Collection of Centre College. Isabelle is bilingual in Spanish and English and her work draws on Feminist themes inspired by her experience living in rural Kentucky and Costa Rica.