Eric Velasquez is an Afro-Latino author and illustrator from Harlem who has won multiple awards and illustrated over 30 children’s books. Some of his works that are featured by Booklandia include: Schomburg: El Hombre que Creó una Biblioteca, Pulpo Guisado and his most recent illustrated book, ¡Mambo Mucho Mambo!

In “Raising a Bilingual Child by Barbara Zurer Pearson,” Pearson...

Similar to many other afro-Panamanians, my family immigrated from Jamaica...