Ngozi Ukazu graduated from Yale University in 2013 with a degree in computing and the arts and went on to receive a master’s in sequential art and comics. During her senior year at Yale, she first became interested in ice hockey while researching and writing a screenplay about the sport. She used her newfound knowledge of hockey to launch Check, Please!in 2013, and it later went on to be the most funded webcomics kickstarter of all time.
