Belen Medina is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, born and raised in California's Central Valley. She spent her childhood summers in Mexico with her grandparents and has been navigating two cultures her whole life. She is a graduate of Stanford University, the George Washington University Law School, and, most recently, the Denver Publishing Institute. Belen now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, though she will always be a Californian at heart. Her first picture book, Daughter of the Light-Footed People, was the recipient of various honors, including three starred reviews, a Horn Book Best Book of the Year, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Sol Salinas is an artist from Texas. As a child, they fell in love with history, which led them to become an illustrator. Sol credits their work to their youth living as a queer individual growing up in the south, with a mission to represent marginalized bodies in an empowered light.
