So Many Questions: Abuela Becomes a US Citizen

Belen Medina is a children’s book author inspired by her Mexican heritage and bicultural upbringing in California’s Central Valley. Her debut picture book, Daughter of the Light-Footed People, received multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, The Horn Book and School Library Journal, and was praised for its lyrical voice and powerful storytelling. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, where she lovingly torments her two sons by reading them draft after draft of her stories and they consistently point out her grammar errors. Visit her online at belenmedina.com.

Heidi Moreno is a first generation Mexican-American illustrator based in Los Angeles. She is the author and illustrator of the bilingual children’s book Luna Oscura and illustrated book Working From Home with a Cat. On most days, you can find her running around the local trails with her husband. Visit her online at Heidiroo.com.