Abstract:
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland received the 2022 (Pura) Belpré Young Adult Author Award for How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing). She delivered her acceptance remarks at the Pura Belpré Award Celebración held Sunday, June 26, 2022, during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC.