Meet the
​Author & Illustrator

Author
Ashley Maxie-Moreman

The author goes by her last name, Maxie. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Miami studying to become a child psychologist. She works primarily with children and adolescents, and she is interested in how ethnic-racial identity and ethnic-racial socialization impact academic outcomes for children of color.

Maxie has two adorable nephews, and another on the way, that are the inspirations for this series. She hopes to continue to grow this series and plans to include learning content as well as positive self-esteem and ethnic-racial identity messages in future adventures.

Illustrator
Joanah Whitely

Miami Art Basel Visual Artist, Joanah, born in the beautiful island of Jamaica, was raised in South Florida where she developed the desire to create and empower. Joanah believes that art exists not simply to entertain, but to provoke thought, aid in personal development, and when necessary to disrupt.

​Her aim is to utilize her art to sew positivity into as many lives as possible- showing aspects of beauty in things that are deemed unappealing, and watering spiritual plants to facilitate growth and empowerment of souls. The same purpose lies in the production of this book series. Joanah aspires to reinforce positive self identity including ethnic-racial identity for children like her lovable Goddaughter.

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All photographs and videos on this website (excluding social media feed) were captured and edited by Standley Paul. Follow his instagram page @sp.thetruth