Lila Skanavi was born in Thessaloniki where she lives and works. She studied graphic design and she is working as a graphic designer since 1990.
During those years that she has been professionally active, she has collaborated with a wide array of private corporations.
She started to get interested in social poster design since April 2014, after her participation at Poster for tomorrow "Democracy Cafe" workshop, that took place during the Graphic Design educational meeting "Toolkit Startup" at Thessaloniki. Since then, she participated in many poster competitions and calls and some of her posters have been distinguished in Greece and abroad.