Areli graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in childhood education with a bilingual extension in Spanish and English. She is currently a teacher in NYC. Areli's life changed completely when her application for The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was approved. It was then, without the threat of deportation that she was finally able to come out of the shadows. Areli is a Dreamer is her debut picture book. Polo Orozco es editor y traductor de libros infantiles originario de Jalisco, Mexico. Ahora vive en Brooklyn, donde hace grabados en lin leo y olvida regar sus plantas. A veces tuitea como @polooroz. Luisa Uribe is an illustrator and designer. She graduated as a Graphic Designer from the National University of Colombia and has an MA in Art and Design from Loughborough University. In 2018 she was awarded the SOI Dilys Evans Founder's Award for The Vast Wonder of the World (Lerner Books). Other recent publications include Operation Rescue Dog (little bee books), The Queen and the First Christmas Tree (Albert Whitman).