Nearly 25k thousand people have seen my emotion cards. Over 200 people have downloaded them. Daily I'm getting stories of how excited children are to see themselves reflected in the illustrations, and it truly does my heart good, but this is just the beginning for me. Aside from the educational materials I'm also working with educators to create a Petunia Brown series on YouTube that lets children express their emotions in an honest way. Right now I only have my daughter to work with,... more

Took a little longer than I expected, but the emotion cards are now available in Spanish for free/donation based. I plan on making them available in other languages down the line. As always, please share with anyone that would find them useful, and do not resell. Thank you 😊❤️

With over 15k views (5/27) and over 100 downloads, my emotion cards have done way better than I ever expected. I am truly humbled that my work resonates with so many people. If you don't know me, my name is J de laVega. I am an author-illustrator living in Southern California. My work primarily focuses on diversity, culture, and normalizing the magic in everyday lived experiences that have not been capitalized on to be seen as the norm. I've written one middle-grade novel titled Peter... more