Gloria Amescua

Gloria Amescua is an educator, poet, and children’s book writer. She was awarded Lee & Low’s 2016 New Voices Honor Award for her manuscript about Luz Jiménez and was named a finalist for the Austin Chapter Cynthia Leitich Smith Mentorship Award and We Need Diverse Books’ mentorship program. This is her debut picture book.

Gloria Amescua's Titles

Niña del pueblo de floricanto Luz Jiménez, hija de los nahuas (Child of the Flower-Song People Spanish Edition)

Niña del pueblo de floricanto

Una biografía premiada de una mujer nahua que enseñó y preservó la cultura de su pueblo a través del modelaje para artistas famosos, escrita...


Child of the Flower-Song People Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

Child of the Flower-Song People

Award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to life debut author Gloria Amescua's lyrical picture book biography of an Indigenous Nahua...