Carmen Tafolla is a professor at the University of Texas-San Antonio. She is the author of more than 20 books, including Curandera, The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans, and Sonnets and Salsa, and the recipient of numerous literary honors, including the Américas Award, the Art of Peace Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Award, two Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Book Awards, and two International Latino Book Awards. She is a member of the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame and was named the first poet laureate of San Antonio. She lives in San Antonio, Texas. Catalina GárateGarcía is an artist and an illustrator. Her works have been exhibited in San Jose, Fresno, Austin, McAllen, Corpus Christi, and El Paso. She lives in San Jose, California. Hector García Manzanedo, PhD, was a noted anthropologist and professor of sociology at San Jose State University for more than 20 years. He was a museographer at the Museo Antropológico de México who also worked in indigenous communities in Mexico.