2024 Mentees

  • Author, Sanaa Ahmad

    To connect with Sanaa, please check out the links below:

    Instagram | Facebook

  • Author, Karen Alexander

    To connect with Karen, please check out the links below:

    Instagram | Twitter/X

  • Author, Naz Alibhai

    To connect with Naz, please check out the links below:

    Website | Instagram | Twitter/X | Bluesky

  • Author-Illustrator, Kat Aymeloglu

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, G.P. Bell

    To connect with G.P., please check out the links below:

    Website | Twitter/X | Instagram | Threads

  • Author, Andrea Christoff

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author-Illustrator, Louis Decrevel

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    Website | Instagram | Twitter/X | Facebook

  • Author-Illustrator, Riley's Desk

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    Website | Instagram | YouTube

  • Author, Cat Galeano

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    Twitter/X | Instagram

  • Author, Ashley Gayle

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Jitumoni Goswami

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, Lisa Healy

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    Website | Twitter/X | Instagram | Facebook

  • Author, Annada Hypes

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    Twitter/X | Instagram

  • Author, Carrie Logsdon McCullough

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    Website | Twitter/X | I Instagram | Facebook

  • Author, Amy Kwan Mei

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    Website | Instagram 1 | Instagram 2

  • Author, Shuba Mohan

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    Twitter/X | Instagram

  • Author-Illustrator, Eloise Narrigan

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, Zarlasht Niaz

    To connect with Zarlasht, please check out the links below:

    Instagram | The Afghan Review | Afghan Refugee Aid

  • Author-Illustrator, Joy Nicolas

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    Website | Cara | Instagram

  • Author, Tiffany Obeng

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    Website | Instagram | Facebook

  • Author-Illustrator, Megan Paustian

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    Portfolio | Instagram | Facebook

  • Author, Sandra G. Ramirez

  • Author, Searra Simpson

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    Twitter/X | Facebook

  • Illustrator, Melquea Smith

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    Website

  • Author, Shristi Vaidya

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    Twitter/X | Instagram

  • Author-Illustrator, Debbie Wakefield

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    Website | Instagram | Facebook

  • Author, Li Wang

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    Twitter/X | Facebook

  • Author, Blythe Williams

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    Instagram | Twitter/X

  • Author, Fiona Wong

  • Author, Tasha Woodson

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    Twitter/X

  • Author, Sara Yamasaki

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    Website

2023 Mentees

  • Author, Andrew Allsop

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    Twitter | Instagram

  • Illustrator, Azul Vaquero Art

    To connect with Azul Vaquero Art, please check out the links below:

    Twitter | Instagram | Website | Patreon

  • Author, Virginia House Bergquist

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    Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

  • Author, Delano Brown

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    Twitter | Instagram

  • Author, Anna Orenstein-Cardona

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    Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook |
    SLJ Star Review

  • Author, Danya Vasquez David

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    Website | Twitter | Twitter

  • Author, Kanessa Miller Doss

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    Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

  • Author, Megan Ray Durkin

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    Website | Instagram } Twitter

  • Author-Illustrator, Jessica Goecke

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    Twitter | Website | Instagram

  • Author, Hope Gupple

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    Twitter

  • Author, Carren Jao

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    Twitter | Instagram | Website

  • Author, Tasmiha Khan

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    Twitter | Website

  • Author, Liz Lazar

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    Twitter | Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Nancy Stark Lee

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    Website | Instagram

  • Illustrator, Kennedy Loraine

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    Portfolio | Agent’s Page | Twitter

  • Author, Lillie Pardo

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    Facebook | Instagram

  • Author, Cristina Raymer

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    Twitter | Instagram

  • Author, Jamie Rodarte

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    Website | Twitter

  • Author, Cheryl Simon

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    Website | Twitter | Instagram

  • Author-Illustrator/Designer, Akshita Sivakumar

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    Website | Twitter

  • Author, Yaa Serwaa Somuah

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    Twitter

  • Author, Sayuri Stabrowski

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    Twitter

  • Illustrator, Marcus Trujillo

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    Website | Haatzee Designs’ IG | Indigenous Educators’ IG | Zuko the Frenchiee’s IG

  • Author, Tunisia Williams

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    Website | Twitter

  • Author-Illustrator, Carys Wright

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    Website | Instagram | Twitter

2022 Mentees

  • Author, Naja Lund Aparico

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    Twitter | Instagram | Website

  • Author, Layla Fallah

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    Twitter | Instagram | Website

  • Author, Jasmine Fang

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    Twitter | Instagram | Website

  • Author, Trenise C. Ferreira

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    Twitter

  • Author, Ayah Yasser Hanafy

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    Twitter

  • Author, Tamara Haque

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    Twitter | Website

  • Author, Amy Hillman

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    Twitter

  • Author, Diana Kankunda

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    Twitter

  • Author, Margarett McBride

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    Twitter | Website

  • Author, Rosalba Ruíz Ramírez

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    Twitter

  • Author-Illustrator, Kathryn Rammell

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    Twitter | Instagram | Website

  • Author, Aimee Satterlee

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    Twitter | Website

  • Author, Sarah Skolfield

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    Twitter

2024 Mentors

  • Author, Marzieh Abbas / Marzieh A. Ali

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    Website

  • Author, Sara Holly Ackerman

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Anne Appert

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Monica Arnaldo

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    Website

  • Author, Livia Blackburne

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    Website

  • Illustrator, Reggie Brown

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Michelle Jing Chan

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    Website

  • Author, Tina Cho

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    Website

  • Author, Erin Dealey

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    Website

  • Author, Tonya Duncan Ellis

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    Website

  • Author, Reem Faruqi

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Mirka Hokkanen

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    Website

  • Author, Lindsay Leslie

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    Website

  • Author, K.E. Lewis

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    Website

  • Author, Erica Lyons

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    Website

  • Author, C.K. Malone

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Niña Mata

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Julia Mills

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    Website

  • Author, Kealani Netane

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Elle Pierre

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Kathryn Rammell

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    Website

  • Author, Joëlle Retener

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    Website

  • Author, Mariana Ríos Ramírez

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    Website

  • Author, Lisa Rogers

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    Website

  • Author, Paola Santos

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    Website

  • Author, Jordan Scott

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    Website

  • Author, Sadé Smith

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    Website

  • Author, Alana Tyson

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    Website

  • Author, Srividhya Venkat

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    Website

  • Author, Seina Wedlick

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    Website

  • Author, Anne Wynter

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    Website

2023 Mentors

  • Author, Brittany J. Thurman

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    Website

  • Illustrator, Shamar Knight-Justice

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    Website

  • Author, Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

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    Website

  • Author, Lissette Norman

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    Website

  • Author, Stephen Briseño

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    Website

  • Author, Janelle Harper

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    Website

  • Author, Naaz Khan

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Anne Appert

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Natasha Khan Kazi

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    Website

  • Author, Justin Colón

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    Website

  • Author, Maisha Oso

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    Website

  • Author, David McMullin

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    Website

  • Author, Lisa Varchol Perron

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    Website

  • Author, Maria Marianayagam

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    Website

  • Author, Erica Lyons

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    Website

  • Author, Sylvia Chen

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    Website

  • Author, Sara Holly Ackerman

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    Website

  • Author, Allen R. Wells

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    Website

  • Author, Audrey Perrott

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    Website

  • Author, Ebony Lynn Mudd

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Jerrold Connors

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    Website

  • Author, Kailei Pew

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Cynthia Cliff

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    Website

  • Author, Chloe Ito Ward

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    Website

  • Illustrator, Nadia Fisher

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    Website

2022 Mentors

  • Author, Aya Khalil

    To connect with Aya, please check out the link below:

    Website

  • Author, Alyssa Reynoso-Morris

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    Website

  • Author, Sylvia Chen

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    Website

  • Author, Tonya Abari

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    Website

  • Author, Ebony Lynn Mudd

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    Website

  • Author, Kailei Pew

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    Website

  • Author, Marzieh Abbas

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    Website

  • Author, Jessica Stremer

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    Website

  • Author, Maria Marianayagam

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    Website

  • Author, Andrew Hacket

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    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Marietta Apollonio

    To connect with Kathryn, please check out the link below:

    Website

  • Author-Illustrator, Kim-Hoa Ung

    To connect with Kim-Hoa, please check out the link below:

    Website

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