120 pages |Hardcover

In her author-illustrator debut, Juliet Menndez celebrates Latinas and Latin American women who followed their dreams.

Dream big with the Latinitas!

Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menndez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams.

From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASAs first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreamsand they just might encourage you to follow yours!

The book features Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Rosa Pea de Gonzlez, Teresa Carreo, Zelia Nuttall, Antonia Navarro, Matilde Hidalgo, Gabriela Mistral, Juana de Ibarbourou, Pura Belpr, Gumercinda Pez, Frida Kahlo, Julia de Burgos, Chavela Vargas, Alicia Alonso, Victoria Santa Cruz, Claribel Alegra, Celia Cruz, Dolores Huerta, Rita Moreno, Maria Auxiliadora da Silva, Mercedes Sosa, Isabel Allende, Susana Torre, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Sonia Sotomayor, Rigoberta Mench Tum, Mercedes Doretti, Sonia Pierre, Justa Canaviri, Evelyn Miralles, Selena Quintanilla, Berta Cceres, Serena Auon, Wanda Daz Merced, Marta Vieira da Silva, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Laurie Hernandez.