Almazan, Krista

Though Krista Almazan came from humble beginnings in a three-bedroom mobile home with six siblings, she was practically born with the dream to someday become a published novelist. While her hard-working mother worked multiple jobs and was hardly able to pay the bills, Krista nurtured her imagination, started reading before Kindergarten, and wrote stories on sheets of construction paper at six years old. Now that she has three children of her own, she wants nothing more than to show her children that no matter where you came from and no matter what adversity you face in life, your dreams can co...