BIO
I was born and raised in Panama. I attended American schools in both countries. (kindergarten-PhD). I am a bilingual, bicultural Panamanian American and as a Latina I identify as a member of the BIPOC writing community. I am the proud parent of four adults and six wonderful grandchildren. I taught Spanish, ELL and Special Education for nearly thirty years in Panamá and in the US at the college, high school, middle, and elementary school levels. I currently write picture books for children in Spanish and English. I sell my self-created Spanish teaching materials through a company called Teachers-pay-Teachers. In 2014 In 2014 and 2015 I was conferred New Hampshire’s highest teaching awards. In 2019 I won a Diversity Scholarship from 12 x 12 Picture Book Challenge. I have participated in and won several writing contests. I have been a judge in Vivian Kirkfield’s #50preciouswords International Writing Contest for three years. In Susanna Leonard Hill’s recent 2025 Valentiny Writing Contest, I won third prize.
I enjoy traveling. Countries I have visited are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, China, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Venezuela.
BILINGUAL CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK WRITER (ENGLISH/SPANISH)
Words that describe me: Devoted mother, wife and grandmother, loyal friend, huge reader and writer, thinker, avid traveler, immigrant to the US from Panama, dreamer, doer, and former teacher of Spanish, ELL (English Language Learners), and Special Education (all levels and all ages – grade one through graduate students)
Currently in search of an agent that can represent me with enthusiasm and understanding. Someone who can be my biggest advocate!