About Shuli de la Fuente-Lau Books
Shuli de la Fuente-Lau (she/her) is a mama, educator, and lover of noodles. She's taught a variety of elementary grades in urban classrooms in California and internationally, and is currently an assistant principal. She is passionate about the intersection of picture books, identity, and important conversations and is the content creator of the Instagram @AsianLitForKids.Archaa Shrivastav (she/her) is an award-winning children's book author, freelance editor, and content creator dedicated to creating and curating Own Voices picture books featuring intersectional identities. As a former first-grade teacher and a queer first-generation Indian-American, she's passionate about putting identity-affirming stories in the hands of children.Brook Sitgraves Turner (she/her) is a graduate of UC Berkeley and USC's Peter Stark Producing Program. Raised in a multi-generational family of Black women, she's focused on inclusive storytelling across many mediums: children's books, television, film, and podcasts. She's been a member of Film Independent's Project Involve Fellowship, produced documentaries, New York Times recognized podcasts, and written on television shows. In her spare time, she runs Pep Packs, a mutual aid delivering free care packages to people recovering from COVID at home.
