Mia Wenjen

Mia blogs on parenting, children's books, and education at PragmaticMom.com and is the co-creator of Read Your World celebrating Multicultural Children's Book Day, a non-profit celebrating diversity in children's books.

Her newest picture book is FOOD FOR THE FUTURE: SUSTAINABLE FARMS AROUND THE WORLD, illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng and published by Barefoot Books. FOOD FOR THE FUTURE is a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection, was selected by dPICTUS as 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023, and received a starred review from School Library Journal.

She created, CHANGING THE GAME: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FEMALE ATHLETES, a middle grade anthology of 17 female athletes from yesterday and today, as a Kickstarter project. It will be also available through Scholastic in June of 2023.

She is the co-author of two books with Alison Foley, HOW TO COACH GIRLS (a primer on how to keep girls in sports for coaches), and THE ELUSIVE FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP: AN INSIDER'S GUIDE. HOW TO COACH GIRLS won a Silver Award in the 31st Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards™ !

Her debut picture book, SUMO JOE, is illustrated by Nat Iwata and published by Lee and Low. SUMO JOE was chosen by Bank Street College as one of The Best Children’s Books of the Year!

Scholastic is the publisher for her middle grade anthology ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HEROES.

To find the best diverse books, she wrote BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN'S BOOKS: MY FAVORITE DIVERSITY BOOKS FOR KIDS AGES 1-12 published by Audrey Press.

She is also the co-founder of Aquent, the world’s largest company staffing creative, digital, and marketing talent with 37 offices around the world.

She lives in Boston with her husband, and three kids. Follow her on social media @PragmaticMom on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, & Facebook; and @Mia Wenjen for YouTube and LinkedIn. She's also @MulticulturalChildrensBD on TikTok.