About – Jenny Lacika

A child around ten years old, wearing a hot pink and black striped sweater and large purple glasses peeking out under her thick bangs, holding a book open at a kitchen table and looking at the camera with a surprised expression.

Jenny is a children’s writer from Santa Fe, New Mexico. As a Chicana, MIT grad, chronically ill, mother of two, her work often explores themes relating to STEM education, disability and accessibility, and Chicanx culture and history.

Jenny’s debut picture book, AGAIN, ESSIE?, illustrated by Teresa Martínez, was awarded the 2023 Mathical Book Prize for Pre-K.

Jenny is a member of SCBWI, 12×12, and Las Musas Books. She was selected as a 2020 NESCBWI Windows & Mirrors Scholarship recipient and the 2021 Meg Medina Volemos Grant recipient.