Category: Immigrant & Refugee Perspectives

Boryga
Andrew
Andrew Boryga is an, author, journalist, and editor who hails from the Bronx, New York. Currently, he liv…
Budhos
Marina
Marina Budhos is an author of several award-winning books of fiction and nonfiction. Her newest young adu…
Cajoleas
Jimmy
Jimmy Cajoleas grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent years traveling the country and playing music be…
Callen
Rocky
Rocky Callen, the daughter of an Ecuadorian immigrant, has long lived a life of service ever since she wa…
Cartaya
Pablo
Pablo Cartaya is an internationally acclaimed author, screenwriter, speaker, and educator. His work has b…
Ne Dah Ness Greene
John
John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction…
Darznik
Jasmin
Jasmin Darznik is the bestselling author of The Bohemians, a novel that imagines the friendship between p…
Matthew Guillory
Jennifer
Born in the Boston area to Guatemalan parents, Jennifer De Leon is the award-winning author of the YA nov…
Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee
Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author, poet, activist and professor. She is the autho…
Eyre Ward
Amanda
Amanda Eyre Ward is the New York Times bestselling author of Sleep Toward Heaven, How to Be Lost, Love St…
Faruqi
Reem
When Reem Faruqi taught second grade, her favorite time was “Read Aloud” time. Now, her favorite time at …
Ford
Jamie
Jamie Ford is a Northwest author most widely known for his bestselling Seattle-based novels. His debut, H…