Sure, kids want to read whatever is the hot book, and of course they want to read fantasy and any kind of speculative fiction, but they also like to read stories with kids that look just like them, that have… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
Sure, kids want to read whatever is the hot book, and of course they want to read fantasy and any kind of speculative fiction,… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx, as people… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people say that people read to escape. But I think if you come from any community that is underrepresented, in… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that needs to… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we created… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
We work with tweens. Middle school grades. That's a key time in a young person's literary history. That's the time when they're still open… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
I particularly love where I work because I was born, raised, and still live in the Bronx. I work in a Bronx location, so… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
