Who's that girl?

Someone emailed me today to ask:

I would like to get to know the people behind the Kerika website. The most puzzling so far: who is this little girl, and what are the objects in front of her? What does "The spirit of Kerika?" mean, that pops up over the picture?

Ahh... the mystery girl! Let's just say that she has provided a kind of cheerful, perpetual optimism that helped the Kerika team push forward during some of our toughest times. The picture was taken casually, when she was fooling around with someone's Mac with a built-in camera, and the light effects that you see are from Mac's Photo Booth software. She is holding are two stuffed animals (toys), but it's hard to make that out.

The picture captures our "spirit" (fun, optimistic, unconventional) better than a traditional mug-shot of the Founder/CEO/Grand Poobah (i.e., me) could ever manage, so that's why it's on our web site...