Meg Medina

Meg Medina is the current National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature. She is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling author who writes picture books, as well as middle grade and young adult fiction. Meg Medina is a Newbery and Pura Belpre-award winning author of Cuban descent whose books celebrate Latine (culture and the lives of young people. She has also written about the negative effects of book banning on Latine communities.