Short Bio:

Karina Nicole González is a bilingual speech-language pathologist in Orlando, FL and author of the Pura Belpré Honor Book THE COQUÍES STILL SING / LOS COQUÍES AÚN CANTAN (Roaring Brook Press, 2022) and CHURRO STAND / EL CARRITO DE CHURROS (Cameron Kids, 2024). Karina has an AAS in Textile Science from the Fashion Institute of Technology and a MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Brooklyn College. Karina resides in both Orlando, FL and Aguadilla, PR.