Thrilled to be featured on Bold Journey

Thank you to Bold Journey for featuring me!

Here are some of the things we talked about:

The first one we want to jump into is about being the only one in the room – for some that’s being the only person of color or the only non-native English speaker or the only non-MBA, etc Can you talk to us about how you have managed to be successful even when you were the only one in the room that looked like you?
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Before we go, maybe you can tell us a bit about your parents and what you feel was the most impactful thing they did for you?

My parents took me to the public library once a week on a Friday after school. I was allowed to check out ten books. We really didn’t go to bookstores at all and I owned a very small collection of mostly used books. It was the public library that introduced me to the wider world both past, present, and future (or just in a made-up world).

Thank you again to Bold Journey for taking the time to interview me!

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My books:

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The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods

Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025

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Fortune Cookies for Everyone! (Smithsonian): The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat

Junior Library Guild Gold Selection

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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court

ALSC Notable Children’s Book
2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
Junior Library Guild Gold Selection