Finding My Wave - Alexandra Katona

Alexandra Katona lives in Southern California with her husband, son, and dogs. She graduated from the University of Michigan, where she majored in Environmental Studies and minored in Spanish, and she now works in communications for the specialty coffee industry. This is her second picture book, and it's inspired by her family and her love of surfing (which she does year-round). nSara Palacios earned BFA and MFA degrees in Illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California. She has illustrated numerous picture books, including Between Us and Abuela and Plátanos Go with Everything, and she received a Pura Belpré Honor for Marisol MacDonald Doesn't Match. She lives in San Francisco with her husband.n