“Much as I want us . . . Chicanas of all ages, to carry the positive aspects of our culture with them or sustenance, I also want us to question and ponder what values and customs we wish to incorporate into our lives, to continue our individual and our collective evolution.”

A native of El Paso, Texas, Mora was greatly influenced by the dynamic bilingual and transnational culture that flourished along the U.S.-Mexico border. Best known for her bilingual books for children, Mora wrote, among others, the award-winning Maria Paints the Hills and A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inéz. Emphasizing the multicultural world of Mexicans and other Latinos, Mora’s carefully selected illustrations convey a universe of dazzling color and diversity reminiscent of pan- Latino ethnicity. She also wrote an autobiographical compilation Nepantla: Essays from the Land in the Middle (1993), House of Houses (1997), and a collection of poems in Borders (1986), which was the winner of the Southwest Book Award.

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