Mayra Lazara Dole

Mayra Lazara Dole was born in Cuba. She's a passionate writer, reader, cook, and community advocate for the environment. Mayra worked for Miami-Dade Public Library System. She owned a catering service and art store. Dole is the author of the LGBTQ young adult novel, Down to the Bone, and Lee and Low's bilingual children's picture books: Birthday in the Barrio and Drum, Chavi, Drum! She loves nature and animals and has also been a dancer, landscape designer, chef, musician, and hairstylist.