reporter: ita mehrotra says working with art allows her to best to express herself, her ideas, and herive on life. she is inspired by feminist leaders and people's movements. this is reflected in her drawings, and the issues on which she has chosen to focus. but in her early twenties, ita was captivated with something entirely new. what she called "“the magic of bringing text and image together” to create powerful narratives, like this book on an eco-feminist who led a movement against deforestation in india. ita: that engagement of you as reader being part of the story is something that i love. i don't want to produce work that's just kind of, you know, telling you. i want it to be a conversation. and that's what i feel i'm able to do when i make comics and graphic narratives. reporter: ita engages with women from marginalized communities. she has travelled to remote regions. there, she saw the transformative potential of art. ita: they are first generation learners, they have no kind of inspiration from family or from elders in their communities to see that they can create life the w