And finished this little accordion book I began two years ago. Lol 🐌 it just sat as blobs of paint on my desk waiting….sometimes finished is better than perfection. 😉🌞
Finished some really old sketches during spring break. 🐌
Made a little zine from a zine workshop with @catiecreating at the Botanic Gardens and finally got to finish it. 🍃🍂🍁🐿️ - see stories for the little video 🤎
1 year ago today my debut picture book In the Groves / En Los Naranjales released. It is inspired by my family’s story. It’s a love letter to my family, my abuelo, and to our love of storytelling. It’s a story about beloved elders,
How fun to see In The Groves on the list! 🍊🧡 and other friends too! Thank you @kpbs One Book, One San Diego is the region’s premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations
🍊What a beautiful way to spend a Thursday!🧡 I forgot to take photos, but I had the honor of presenting In The Groves to about 60 Newcomers ages K-5, @edgewaterelementaryschool with JeffCo’s Newcomer Summer Academy. We talked about our famil
Yesterday I wrapped up my teaching residency program, school has a couple more weeks to go. It’s been intense, but not as intense as the last couple years of my life. I am so proud of what I have been able to build this year, so when I received
👀 Look at what the amazing educator @shanacruzthompson created with the young artists/students at High Plains Elementary!!! It may be one of the sweetest, most touching responses inspired from my debut In The Groves. Educators are the best! Artists
I can’t express how much I love visiting schools and sharing In The Groves! Last week was my final school visit of the year. I loved seeing all the smiling faces and the best librarian who shared my same name @isabellabirdcommunityschool I fel
📚✂️✏️Wrapping up the school year on Author visits. Somehow even with teacher training, homework, teaching in a 1st grade classroom, single parenting, and settling into all sorts of new routines I was able to visit 10 schools this school year to cele
A little gift for myself to make it feel official. It’s been 11 months in my new home, but the studio took awhile to pull together. This was the final touch. Now….time to fill sketchbooks and blank sheets of paper with amazing stories. ?
I am blessed with some talented, kind, wonderful friends who are also creators. Here are some of their beautiful books! @denisevegabooks @cicchese.art @writerjolene @annieherzig ☃️💙🐈