Mercedes Acosta
Mercedes Acosta (full name Mercedes Cibayara Maria Catarina Acosta) is a Cuban-Americ..
Mercedes Acosta (full name Mercedes Cibayara Maria Catarina Acosta) is a Cuban-Americ..
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Amaris Castillo is an award-winning journalist, writer, and the creator of Bodega Sto..
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Lisa Congdon is a Portland-based fine artist, illustrator and author known internatio..
Adrianna Cuevas is a first-generation Cuban-American originally from Miami, Florida. ..
We are heartbroken by the passing of Michaela Mabinity DePrince and Elaine DePrince. ..
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Born in the Dominican Republic to her Catholic Paraguayan mother and Jewish American ..
Laurel Goodluck writes picture books with modern Native themes that reflect Native ..
Theresa Howell is the co-author of Maybe Something Beautiful with F. Isabel Campoy..
Primarily a poet, Harold Green III is an ever-evolving artist with a skill set that..
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Cindy Jenson-Elliott is an author, credentialed teacher, environmental educator, and ..
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When Michelle Lee isn’t Dr. Lee, teaching composition and literature as a professor..
Diana López is the award-winning middle grade author of Confetti Girl, Ask My Mood R..
Allison Matulli, J.D., M.Ed. is a former attorney and certified Montessori lead educa..
Jasminne Mendez is a Dominican-American poet, playwright, translator and award winn..
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Congratulations Celia winner of the 2023 Pura Belpré Author Honor and 2023 Tomás Ri..
Andrea Pippins is an illustrator and author passionate about creating images that ref..
Tirzah Price grew up on a farm in Michigan, where she read every book she could get h..
Rekha S. Rajan is a nationally recognized educator, performer, and STEAM expert whose..
Isabel Strychacz is from a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Mill..
Priya Swaminathan lived the dream of making movies and TV shows for 20 years. She pro..
Named State Poet Laureate of Texas in 2015, Dr. Carmen Tafolla is an award-winning po..
Originally from New Mexico, Latino illustrator Alexander Vidal studied anthropology, ..
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, medical doctor and poet. She writes..
Author of SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY Michael Genhart’s MARIPOSA, which features a queer Latino boy who can rely on his grandmother’s loving support to help him feel safe and confident, and whose story reclaims the Spanish word for butterfly which, for too long, has been used as a slur for effeminate and gay boys and men, illustrated by Pura Belpre Honor winner Carlos Aponte, to Neal Porter at Neal Porter Books, for publication in spring 2027 by Nicole Geiger.
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