Le¿cia Ordaz is the founder of the bilingual publishing house Cielito Lindo Books and a nine-timeaward-winning children's book author at the International Latino Book Awards. She is also anEmmy Winning anchor/reporter in Sacramento, California. Leticia is the author of The Adventuresof Mr. Macaw, That Girl on TV Could Be Me! The Journey of a Latina News Anchor,Mr. Macaw's Paleta Adventure, The Carousel King and the Space Mission, and Mr. MacawLost in the Big City. As a literacy ambassador, she is excited to share bilingual stories withchildren around the world. Leticia hopes to break barriers and change statistics thatcurrently show only 7% of children's books feature Latinx characters or subjects, and thereare only 10% of Latinx authors and illustrators in the U.

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