Author Diana Perez's story is the embodiment of the American Dream, she is a child of an immigrant that fled Cuba. Her first children's book, Landon Rides the Subway, was an Amazon Best Seller in 2018. Diana Perez is a native of West New York, NJ an inner city outside of the Big Apple. Diana currently teaches ESL at night to children in Asia and writes during the day. She is a credentialed as an Early Childhood Educator and as an educator for Students with Disabilities.