Kaylani Juanita Explained

Kaylani Juanita McCard, professionally known as Kaylani Juanita, is an illustrator.[1] Her work focuses on activism, empowerment of people of color, and LGBTQ+ people.[1] Her work has appeared in publications through Chronicle Books, Cicada Magazine, and Lee & Low Books.[2] Her first book illustrated, Ta-Da! by Kathy Ellen Davis, was released by Chronicle Books and nominated for an Young Readers award via the 38th Annual Northern California Book Awards.[3] [4] In 2018, ELLE Magazine featured her work and interviewed her at length in context of her memorial illustrations based on the murder of Nia Wilson, a black woman who was fatally stabbed in a suspected hate crime while exiting a BART train.[5] [6] [1] In 2017, she illustrated "9 Books for Woke Kids," an article by Guinevere de la Mare.[7]

Education

Juanita attended B. Gale Wilson Elementary School in Solano County's Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District as well as Rodriguez High School.[4] While attending Rodriguez, Juanita spent a summer studying at CalArts. She then attended Solano College[4] before transferring to California College of the Arts. She earned her BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts.[8] [4] As of 2019, she is working on a Master's in Design at the University of California, Davis.

Personal life

Juanita is based in Fairfield, CA[9] and identifies as a mixed-race[10] femme queer person.

Awards and honors

When Aiden Became A Brother

Kaylani Jaunita and Kyle Lukoff published When Aiden Became a Brother in 2019. In 2020, the book was awarded the Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award,[11] landed a top spot on the American Library Association Rainbow List,[12] and was named a Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book.[13]

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References

  1. Web site: How Kaylani Juanita Is Using Her Art and Instagram to Honor Nia Wilson. Nerisha. Penrose. July 26, 2018. ELLE.
  2. Web site: Starfruit | VQR Online. www.vqronline.org.
  3. Web site: Nominees . www.berkeleyside.com . 2019 . 2019-11-26 .
  4. Web site: Inside Solano . www.solano.edu . 2019-11-26.
  5. Web site: 'He was wiping off his knife': BART stabbing victim recalls horrific attack that killed sister. Melanie. Woodrow. July 24, 2018. ABC7 San Francisco.
  6. News: Officials still don't know why a white man allegedly stabbed a black woman to death in a subway station. Dakin Andone and Dan Simon. CNN.
  7. Web site: 9 Books for Woke Kids to Read This Year. Guinevere de la Mare • 2 years. ago. September 6, 2017.
  8. Web site: Kaylani Juanita | VQR Online. www.vqronline.org.
  9. Web site: Kaylani Juanita. www.kaylanijuanita.com.
  10. Web site: Kaylani Juanita, illustrator-The Creativity Habit.
  11. Web site: "When Aidan Became a Brother" and "The Black Flamingo" win 2020 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award. 27 January 2020.
  12. Web site: The 2020 Rainbow Book List. 2021-05-05. Rainbow Book List. en-US.
  13. Web site: Charlotte Huck Award (Fiction for Children).

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