Debbie Gonzales

Debbie Gonzales is an author, career educator, and a Pinterest Marketing Specialist. Her nonfiction picture book,  Girls with Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records,  is the tenacious history of the female athlete from the first Olympic Games to present day, including the passage of Title IX. Deb hosts a website called Guides by Deb on which she showcases hundreds of standards-aligned educator guides crafted for books for children and young adults of all genres she has created. As an educator and fellow author, she is skilled in navigating the needs of the educational, literary, and digital marketing worlds. Deb earned her MFA from the Vermont College of Fines in writing for children and young adults. She has a passion for Labrador Retrievers, sunrises, and the sound of children’s laughter.

Reviews

Girls with Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records

“A colorful, historical introduction to American women in sports.”—Booklist