Frederick Luis Aldama was born in Mexico City to a Guatemalan- and Irish-American mother from LA and a Mexican father from Mexico City. When he was a child, his mother moved the family to California.  Today he is known as Professor Latinx and is an award-winning author of over 50 books, including an Eisner for Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics. He is editor and coeditor of a dozen book series, including Biographix, Latinographix, and Brown Ink.  He is the author of children’s books, including The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie (English and Spanish) and the bilingual, Con Papá / With Papá. He is the co-creator and producer of the award-winning animation short, Carlitos Chupacabra (Cannes Animation Fest 2023). He is the author of comic books and graphic novels, including Pyroclast, Through Fences, Labyrinths Borne, and The Steampunkera Chronicles (forthcoming) as well as the YA novel, The Absolutely (Almost) True Adventures of Max Rodriguez. He has been inducted into the National Cartoonists Society, the Texas Institute of Letters, the Ohio State University’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion Hall of Fame, and serves on the board of directors for The Academy of American Poets.