Anna Lapera is a pushcart prize-nominated author and educator in the DC area. She comes from a Guatemalan mother and Hawaiian-Filipino-German father, and was raised all over the world. 

She teaches by day and writes stories about kids stepping into their power in the early hours of the morning. She is a member of Las Musas, a Tin House and Macondo Writers Workshop alum and Kweli Journal mentee, and has received financial support from Tin House, Kweli Journal and SCBWI. 

When she is not writing or teaching, you can find her visiting trails and coffee shops in DC and Maryland, where she lives with her family.

She is the author of the upper middle grade novel, Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice, out on March 5th, 2024! She is currently working on a historical fiction young adult novel as well as a short story collection for the grown folks.