Perez, Lucia Angela 1973-

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Perez, Lucia Angela 1973-

Personal

Born 1973, in TX; daughter of Gloria Osuna Perez (an artist); children. Education: University of Texas at Arlington, B.F.A.

Addresses

Home—Southern CA. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Illustrator, actress, and caterer. Art teacher and presenter at workshops. Exhibitions: Work exhibited in museums and galleries in Texas and Southern California.

Illustrator

(With mother, Gloria Osuna Perez) Joe Hayes, reteller, Little Gold Star/Estrellita de oro: A Cinderella Cuento, Cinco Puntos Press (El Paso, TX), 2002.

Tish Hinojosa, Cada niño/Every Child: A Bilingual Songbook for Kids, Cinco Puntos Press (El Paso, TX), 2002.

Jorge Argueta, Talking with Mother Earth/Hablando con Madre Tierra: Poems, Groundwood Books (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2006.

Contributor of illustrations to educational materials, including Treasures, Macmillan McGraw-Hill. Work included in Contemporary Chicano and Chicana Art, Bilingual Press (AZ).

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, May 15, 2000, Ilene Cooper, review of Little Gold Star/Estrellita de oro: A Cinderella Cuento, p. 1756; June 1, 2002, Shelle Rosenfeld, review of Cada niño/Every Child: A Bilingual Songbook for Kids, p. 1714.

School Library Journal, June, 2000, Ann Welton, review of Little Gold Star, p. 132; June, 2002, Ann Welton, review of Cado Niño, p. 128; October, 2006, Maria Otero-Boisvert, review of Talking with Mother Earth/Hablando con Madre Tierra: Poems, p. 144.