Books By Joanna Que, Charina Marquez - Author

Joanna Que was inspired to write Dancing Hands after being invited to join a writing workshop with Room to Read, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, and Adarna House, a prominent Filipinx publisher. She finds sign language beautiful and her desire is to spark more conversations about the importance of inclusion. Apart from writing, Joanna finds joy in making things with her hands, and her best ideas often come about while being around nature. She lives with her dog and cat friends in Manila, Philippines. Charina Marquez is a baker, researcher, sign language instructor, and deaf rights advocate. Born Deaf, she loves languages, communicating using sign language and written English and Tagalog languages. She holds a degree in Visual Communication from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and worked as an animator, art restorer, and graphic designer, before opening her own online cake and pastry business, Silent Baker Charina. In addition to baking and her many artistic pursuits, Charina loves outdoor activit