Juanita is based in Fairfield, CA and identifies as a mixed-race femme queer person.Īwards and honors When Aiden Became A Brother
As of 2019, she is working on a Master's in Design at the University of California, Davis. She earned her BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts. She then attended Solano College before transferring to California College of the Arts. While attending Rodriguez, Juanita spent a summer studying at CalArts. Gale Wilson Elementary School in Solano County's Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District as well as Rodriguez High School. In 2017, she illustrated "9 Books for Woke Kids," an article by Guinevere de la Mare. In 2018, ELLE Magazine featured her work and interviewed her at length in context of her memorial illustrations based on the murder of Nia Wilson, a black woman who was fatally stabbed in a suspected hate crime while exiting a BART train. Her first book illustrated, Ta-Da! by Kathy Ellen Davis, was released by Chronicle Books and nominated for an Young Readers award via the 38th Annual Northern California Book Awards. Her work has appeared in publications through Chronicle Books, Cicada Magazine, and Lee & Low Books. Her work focuses on activism, empowerment of people of color, and LGBTQ+ people. Kaylani Juanita McCard, professionally known as Kaylani Juanita, is an illustrator.
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