Karla Monterrosa

About The Author

Karla Monterrosa was born and raised in sunny San Salvador, El Salvador. She’s an illustrator and animator on a mission to draw a world in which it’s okay to feel awkward. Karla graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design with a BFA in Animation in 2013 and currently lives in the unceded, ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Thleil-Watuth nations, also known as Vancouver, BC. She is the illustrator behind Lil’ Libros’ picture books Luz Lucero, niña astronauta and Yefferson, Actually / En realidad, es Yefferson. 

Books by Karla Monterrosa

¡Hola, Engineer! (Bilingual: English & Spanish)
By Zaida Hernández
Illustrated by Karla Monterrosa
Spark curiosity and big dreams with this bilingual (English & Spanish) STEAM board book that introduces young readers to the many types of engineers, written by a Latina space engineer.

Making paper planes or playing with toy trains? You’re already a little engineer! From race c...
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