Rachel Ruiz is the author of seven children's books, including her debut picture book, When Penny Met POTUS. Rachel was inspired to write her first book after working as a video producer for Barack Obama on his re-election campaign in 2012, and her then three-year-old daughter's inquisitive questions about POTUS. Rachel also penned two non-fiction picture books, When Hillary Rodham Clinton Played Ice Hockey and When Rosa Parks Went Fishing, and four books in the Superhero Harry chapter book series for Capstone.