Angela Quezada Padron is a Latina author-illustrator who spent her childhood days writing stories and doodling on the garage walls of her New Jersey home while enjoying summers visiting family in the Dominican Republic. She writes fiction and nonfiction picture books, poetry, board books, chapter books, and middle grade novels, and she creates colorful, textured illustrations with diverse characters and heartwarming scenes.

Angela has been an educator for the last 30 years. She earned an MFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art University as well as an MA in Curriculum and Instruction, an EdS in Reading, a BA in Art, and an AA in Music. In addition, Angela is a freelance writer, illustrator, developmental editor, and consultant for educational publishers and literary organizations. She has written a series decodable books called Cover to Cover as part of the Reading Partners curriculum that addresses the science of reading.

When she's not working, Angela is an avid seashells collector, Broadway musical enthusiast, sports nut, aspiring recording artist, and admirer of the wonder of nature. She is also a displaying artist at Coco Art Gallery in Estero, FL and Naples FL .