August/2026 - Americas Award Commended Title - A FESTA FOR LUANA is a commended title for 2026.
October/2025 - Spotlights Blog - "From Passively Pretty to Pretty Darn Powerful" A thoughtful analysis of LILLYBELLE, A DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS by the wonderful Dr. Debra Collins.
October/2023 - Rediscover Center - Check out this fun article about creating upcycled costumes inspired by BISA'S CARNAVAL.
September/2023 - ReVISIONweek - This year I wrote about Helping Your Readers Feel What You Want Them to Feel
August/2022 - International Latino Book Awards - BISA'S CARNAVAL won the Bronze medal in the the Alma Flor Ada Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book Award – English. August/2022 - Twitter - Announcement for RIVER OF LIFE - AMAZING AMAZON.
December/2021 - Mindy Alise Weiss - "With lush, lyrical text and bright, colorful illustrations, this book takes readers to one of the most exciting holidays of the year and reminds us that no matter who or where you are, love is always worth celebrating."
December/2021 - Reading With Your Kids Podcast- Such a pleasure to be chatting with Jed Doherty again, this time about Bisa's Carnaval.
December/2021 - Let's talk picture books - Bisa's Carnaval is a picture book "crush of the week"!
December/2021 - Simply 7 - I was interviewed (again) by the awesome Jena Benton.
October/2021 - This Bliss Life - "(...) a wonderfully vibrant and cheerful book!"
May/2020 - Ana Siqueira's Blog - I'm interviewed by fellow Brazilian author, Ana Siqueira.
May/2020 - Las Musas - My very first Webinar! OwnVoices Brainstorming: Mining Our Cultural Heritage and Memories for Stories.
April/2020 - The Children's Book Podcast-When Matthew Winner gave the Soaring 20s the key to the podcast for a whole week!
April/2020 - Storyteller Academy - My agent, Natascha Morris, is one of the agents featured here and talks about signing me and my pal Teresa Robeson as clients.
April/2020 - Storyteller Academy - Where I'm featured as a student success story.
April/2020 -Storyteller Academy - Advice on how to query agents from StoryTeller Academy students.
February/2020 - Writing and Illustrating - LILLYBELLE, A DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS book cover reveal.
January/2020 - StoryStorm2020- Joana Pastro's senses searches for prompts.
December/2019 - Soaring20s - Where I write about being proactive to have a happy and creative New Year.
October/2019 - Publishers Weekly - Announcement for BISA'S CARNAVAL.
September/2019 - ReVISIONweek - Where I talk about filtering feedback to stay true to your vision during revisions.
January/2019 - Publishers Weekly - Announcement for LILLYBELLE, A DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS.
