Born in Indonesia, Erna was a self-taught artist who grew up in a middle-class entrepreneurial family in Indonesia. After graduating high school, she came to the USA to study graphics and packaging design at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena. The year she graduated in 2000, she also started her family and began her 15 years of creative career as a Graphic Designer, working for a private label home and fine fragrance company that developed products for Fortune 500 clients. She worked her way up to a Creative Director position, managing 7-figure accounts, but the reality was her health and family life were suffering.

In 2014, she met a local artist who inspired her to draw again. With her twin sister's encouragement, she created a series of conceptual art during her weekends, and share them on social media.

After seeing how her Hedgehog Dandelion art could connect two strangers from opposite ends of the world, she found a deeper meaning in her life and decided to give her work her six-month resignation notice and pursued her new entrepreneurial path soon after.

Together with her two sisters, the collection name, Curious Morphologie was born in 2014. The debut of her Curious Morphologie art collection at the 2015 Wistaria Festival in Sierra Madre was well received. It was one of the happiest days of her life, and it validated her path to continue inspiring others with her conceptual art.

Hedgehog Dandelion was created with the concept of letting go of your pains and uncertainties in life and turning them into wishes and hope. It was voted as the audience's favorite art in her 3 consecutive years of showcasing at the Wistaria Festival.