Jessica Echeverria is the editorial director at Lee & Low Books. She spent the first five years of her career working on licensed properties, brands, and developing new paperback series at Simon & Schuster Simon Spotlight and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. In 2012, she jumped at the chance to work at Lee & Low Books, where she would fulfill her passion to bring more diverse voices and stories to children’s publishing. A few of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning books she has edited include the APALA Picture Book-winner Juna’s Jar, NAACP Image Award winner Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas, tthe Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor award Still Dreaming/ Seguimos Soñando, and Martí's Song for Freedom, which received five starred reviews.