is an educator with a Masters in Education and a Masters of Fine Arts, a public speaker, a New York Public Library Consultant, and an award-winning children's storyteller. They design school-wide creative writing and drama programs for preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school students, and most especially love working with Title 1 schools and Newcomers.​​​ NoNieqa is a proud member of Las Musas Books collective and Kid Lit Soul. They live with their familia in Virginia in a plantopia of books, art, and Legos.

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Fun Facts:

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NoNieqa is a bat apprentice at Bats Conservation & Rescue of Virginia. Click here to find out more and donate to save our endangered and very misunderstood pollinators.

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NoNieqa is a proud Big Sibling with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization. NoNieqa's padrino, (their godfather), was their father's Big Brother back in the day. Click here to find out more about the program and how to enroll a child or become a Big. NoNieqa's Little was recommended to the program by a teacher!

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Every June, NoNieqa runs a month-long creative writing and arts program for Newcomers in Texas. Some students have been in the country for less than 6 months! And YES, they CAN do theater, create books, and more!

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