Biography of the author. Alejandra "LALA" Bustos was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on November 1, 1983. She emigrated to the United States at 2 years of age growing up in a bicultural world. Her love for words began as a child writing in her diary due to the lack of affection from her parents. She graduated from the prestigious University of UCLA and is currently a math teacher. Her love for Philanthropy came from an early age and has now created a foundation of Christmas trees, which has giving more than a thousand trees to deserving families in Southern California. Her love for children and her self-improvement led her to write this, her first book of motivational poems called "CHILDREN'S LALA-BIES, POETRY FOR THE SOUL".