Yo puedo leer!

Carmin practises as a Behavioural Optometrist in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia, where she lives with her husband Greg. One of her many interests is working with children with learning-related vision disorders, assessing them and offering treatment, where appropriate, with lenses and vision therapy. This has naturally evolved into investigating ways to support with developing reading skills. Now that her three sons have grown up, she is also involved in training other optometrists and finding space to write.

Maya is a talented illustrator who brings the author’s expression to life through delicate colours and joyful shapes. Her love for people and the beauty of facial expressions are evident through the sweetness of the gorgeous pictures she puts to print. Wise beyond her years, Maya shows us that age is no barrier, illustrating her first book at fourteen! Maya’s most precious achievement is not the pictures that look good to the eye, but instead she loves to make a heart sing as it is held in the wash of her illustrations.

Eleanor is from the UK and has been teaching English to speakers of other languages for over 25 years. At the beginning of her career, she spent almost 10 years living and working in Spain as an English teacher, which is where she also learnt Spanish. Eleanor now lives in the UK working in the Higher Education system, supporting international students with their academic English skills. She has a PG Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and a Master's in Education.

Amparo was born and lives in Spain. She has more than 25 years experience working with children. Firstly she worked in schools as an Educator of Special Needs and later on as a Social Worker in a Children's Shelter. She very much enjoys her job, along with her collaborations translating English content of great support for humanity to Spanish.