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Esther Cajahuaringa

Esther Cajahuaringa is an editor at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House. As a former educator who graduated from Occidental College and Columbia University, she’s passionate about elevating underrepresented voices. She edits picture books and graphic novels (up to middle grade). She loves musicals, traveling, and getting lost in bookstores with her husband.

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