About
Author/Illustrator
Daniela J. Lopez
Daniela J. Lopez is an art educator, content creator, and model.
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Born and raised in New York City, she has taught visual art to middle and high school students in NYC public schools for over a decade. After cutting all of her relaxed hair and returning to her natural roots, she created a YouTube channel to support and inspire others with tight coils during their natural hair journey.
Daniela has been featured as a natural hair model in the Texture on the Runway fashion show during New York Fashion Week.
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ABCs for Curly Boys is Daniela's highly requested follow-up to her successful debut children's book, Afros, Braids, and Curls:
ABCs for Curly Girls. Through both of these books, Daniela's goal is to instill self-love and pride in young people with natural hair, as well as to educate individuals of all ages and backgrounds about the beauty and versatility of naturally textured hair.
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Illustrator
Christen Whyte
Christen Whyte is a freelance artist from New Jersey. He has been drawing for close to most of his life and is predominantly self-taught with some forms of formal artistic education.
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Christen has done work ranging from simple illustration and commission requests to illustrating entire comics and books.
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Chris has dabbled in many different mediums throughout his life including charcoal, ink, colored pencils, markers, and paint; but Chris holds a strong emphasis on hand-drawn digital art illustrations. For Chris, art has been an embodiment of power, giving him purpose, in letting others experience his imagination and helping others bring forth theirs.
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