Angela Quezada Padron is a Latina author-illustrator who spent childhood days doodling on garage walls of her New Jersey home and summers visiting family in the Dominican Republic. Angela writes and illustrates both fiction and nonfiction children's books, including As the Seas Rise- Nicole Hernandez Hammer and the Fight for Climate Justice. When she's not working on stories, Angela loves to create fine art and music, collect seashells, watch sports, and admire the natural world.