Lizette M. Lantigua was born in Queens, New York, and raised in Miami, Florida. Her parents were born in Cuba and exiled to the United States in 1961. As a newspaper reporter and Emmy-nominated television producer in South Florida, Lizette has extensively covered the experiences of the Hispanic community. Inspiring young people to read for fun, she created Good News! Book Fair as a channel to offer faith infused books of multiple genres from top Catholic/Christian publishers, as well as family films, music and Christian themed gifts to Catholic/Parochial and private Christian schools.