<p>Our Top 25 Countdown Continues! "Who is she? What does she want? Why can't she have it?" Those are the questions the Newbery Medal-winning children's author asks about each of her young Latina protagonists. What Meg Medina wanted was to write professionally, but first, she had to get brave.</p><p>Follow Meg on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/megmedinabooks/?hl=en">@megmedinabooks</a>. and find all her books <a href="https://megmedina.com/books/merci-suarez-cant-dance/">here. </a>If you loved this episode, listen to <a href="https://latina-to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/sonia-manzano">What Sonia Manzano Knows Kids Need</a> and  <a href="https://latina-to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/canticos-creator-susie-jaramillo-is-defiant-about-the-worth-of-her-ideas-and-our-culture">How Canticos Creator Susie Jaramillo Built an Inclusive Kids' Brand</a>.</p>


Latina to Latina

Top 25 Countdown: #24 How Meg Medina Summoned the Courage to Write

In this interview series, host Alicia Menendez talks to remarkable Latinas about making it, faking it, and everything in between. In often-hilarious and always-revealing episodes, Alicia and her guests take on the challenges of existing, and then thriving, as women of color.