I was featured in Walking in Other People’s Shoes blog! I am part of their community and host the Multicultural Children’s Book Club, a free and virtual monthly event occurring on the first Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm EST.
Here’s an excerpt. The rest is here.
In Mia Wenjen’s Shoes: My Journey Discovering Diverse Books for Kids
How did you find your voice?
I remember up until 4th grade, I was a pretty quiet child. I thought a lot of sarcastic or jaded thoughts, but I kept them to myself. I finally decided, on a whim, just to say out loud what I was thinking. I think that’s when I started expressing my voice. It wasn’t any kind of revelation, but I do remember thinking that my friends thought I was funny at times. My inner voice had a sense of humor!
What event or series of events helped you find your voice?
When I was in business school, I was in a program called TEC on Campus. We visited entrepreneurs at their companies and learned about how they got to where they are now and what sacrifices they made to get there. The person who ran the program, Larry King (not the famous one), was an industrial psychologist. He mentored all of us on our entrepreneurial ambitions. He was just a really good listener who made straightforward challenges to help us all move forward.
Later on, in response to being kicked out of a women’s clothing company that I founded, I decided to take an art class as a form of therapy. As a result, I ended up doing business consulting for a family-run art school, Brentwood Art School, and also took many, many art classes. It was the beginning of unleashing a creative streak in me.
Thank you so much to Walking in Other People’s Shoes for featuring me!
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My books:
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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