2025 Mentees

  • Author, Nikki Ace

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, Emma Applegarth

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    Bluesky

  • Author, Erica Asante

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    Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

  • Author-Illustrator, Brooke Baum

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    Website | Bluesky

  • Author, Tischa D. Brown

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, Angel S. Brown

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    Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

  • Author, Christa Alyse Carr

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, Zaneta Cha

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    Instagram

  • Author, Zohra Anwar Chunawala

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    Instagram | Bluesky | Website

  • Author, Ellen Akemi Crosby

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    Instagram | Bluesky

  • Author-Illustrator, Marissa Domantay

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    Instagram | Bluesky

  • Author, Sana A. Faqir

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    Instagram | Facebook

  • Author, Mike Flowers

  • Author-Illustrator, Sav Garcia

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, Jackie Garcia-Morales

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    Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Podcast

  • Author, Charlie Griffin

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    Website | Instagram | Facebook | Bluesky

  • Author-Illustrator, Rachel Kiderchah

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    Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | BlueSky

  • Author, Caroline Luzzatto

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    Substack

  • Author, Carrie Logsdon McCullough

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    Website | Twitter/X | I Instagram | Facebook

  • Author, Angelina Phelan

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    Website

  • Author, Azra Rahim

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    Instagram | Twitter/X

  • Author, Eury Rivera

  • Author, Kristin Yamane Saito

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    Website I Instagram

  • Author, Carolyn Sauer

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    Bluesky | Instagram 1 | Instagram 2

  • Author, Shaunessy Sinnett

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    Twitter/X | Instagram | Bluesky

  • Author, Amanda Stone

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, Maureen Straka

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    Bluesky | Twitter/X

  • Author, Cierra Tanae

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    Instagram | Portfolio

2024 Mentees

  • Author, Sanaa Ahmad

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    Instagram | Facebook

  • Author, Karen Alexander

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    Instagram | Twitter/X

  • Author, Naz Alibhai

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    Website | Instagram | Twitter/X | Bluesky

  • Author-Illustrator, Kat Aymeloglu

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    Website | Instagram

  • Author, G.P. Bell

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    Website | Twitter/X | Instagram | Threads

  • Author, Andrea Christoff

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    Website | Instagram

  • 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

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    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

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    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 Sabin

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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