Rafael López is the two-time #1 New York Times-bestselling illustrator of Be Different, Be Brave, Be You written by Sonia Sotomayor and The Day You Begin written by Jacqueline Woodson; the three-time Pura Belpre Medal award-winning illustrator of Dancing Hands, Drum Dream Girl and Book Fiesta!; and the three-time Pura Belpre Honor award-winning illustrator of Tito Puente: Mambo King; The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, and My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz.