I was working on a graphic novel when Donald Trump was elec… - Yuyi Morales

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I was working on a graphic novel when Donald Trump was elected president. My heart sunk. I could not believe that the man who had accused Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists had been elected to lead the United States. I felt unable to work, and that my stories made no sense anymore. I also felt afraid of what would come next for immigrant families like mine, like those of my friends and like those that my books had been written for and about.

Yuyi Morales

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Yuyi Morales (born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico on November 7, 1968) is a children's book author and illustrator who lives in the USA.

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