Author

I was born a few minutes after midnight on April 11th. My mom named me Angela because she said when they brought me to her, I looked like an angel. She still thinks I look like an angel. 😉 You can learn how to pronounce my name here.

Writing is the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do in my life. The next best thing would be running a home for rescued animals. Also, I wouldn’t mind owning an empanada truck. Back to writing…I’ve been writing short stories, poetry, and novels since I was a child. My teachers used to read my work aloud in class and it embarrassed me, but I also liked it. I still feel that way about writing.

So far, I’ve written several middle grade novels including Lead With Your Heart, which is part of American Girl’s new World By Us series. Read more about it here: Lead With Your Heart.

My other novels include Lety Out Loud,  which  is a Pura Belpré Honor Book; Gaby, Lost and Found, which was named Best Youth Chapter book by the International Latino Book Awards and a Bank Street College of Education’s Best Books; Allie, First At Last,  which received a starred-review from Kirkus and;  Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring which was named a Junior Guild Selection and included in the Texas’ prestigious Bluebonnet Master List for 2019-2020. It’s  a mystery novel based in Mexico City and inspired by legendary artist Frida Kahlo. Read more about it here: Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring.

Besides my original novels, I also adapted Disney/Pixar’s Oscar award-winning animated movie Coco, into a junior novel and wrote Disney’s Encanto: Junior Novelization.

All of my books are available for sale wherever you buy books. When you can, please support independent, local bookstores in your community. And if you don’t want to buy  a book, check your local library for my novels. If it’s not on a shelf,  ask them to kindly order it for you.

​I’m super proud of the novels I’ve written because they’re exactly the type of books I would have enjoyed when I was a child. If you want to read a more “official” author bio, please click here. 🙂

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