Alexandra Boiger, author portrait
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Alexandra Boiger

Alexandra Boiger grew up in Munich, Germany as the youngest of seven children. She studied Graphic Design at the Fachhochschule Augsburg before working in Feature Animation at Warner Brothers and Dreamworks. After working in animation, Alexandra decided to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a children’s book illustrator. She has illustrated many picture books, including She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World. Max and Marla was her debut as both author and illustrator. Alexandra now lives in Northern California with her husband and daughter.
She Persisted: Kamala Harris
She Persisted: Dolores Huerta
She Persisted: Naomi Osaka
She Persisted: Opal Lee
She Persisted: Simone Biles
She Persisted: Deb Haaland
She Persisted: Pura Belpré
Lola's Heart
She Persisted: Bethany Hamilton
She Persisted: Rachel Levine
She Persisted: Kalpana Chawla
She Persisted: Ella Fitzgerald
She Persisted: Florence Nightingale
She Persisted: Dorothy Height
She Persisted: Rosalind Franklin
She Persisted: Maya Lin
She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller
She Persisted: Diana Taurasi
She Persisted: Malala Yousafzai
She Persisted: Marian Anderson
She Persisted: Patsy Mink
She Persisted: Temple Grandin
Ella persistió en la ciencia
She Persisted in Science
She Persisted: Wangari Maathai
She Persisted: Coretta Scott King
She Persisted: Oprah Winfrey
She Persisted: Helen Keller
She Persisted: Maria Tallchief
She Persisted: Margaret Chase Smith
She Persisted: Clara Lemlich
She Persisted: Ruby Bridges
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner
She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor
All of Us
She Persisted: Nellie Bly

Books

She Persisted: Kamala Harris
She Persisted: Dolores Huerta
She Persisted: Naomi Osaka
She Persisted: Opal Lee
She Persisted: Simone Biles
She Persisted: Deb Haaland
She Persisted: Pura Belpré
Lola's Heart
She Persisted: Bethany Hamilton
She Persisted: Rachel Levine
She Persisted: Kalpana Chawla
She Persisted: Ella Fitzgerald
She Persisted: Florence Nightingale
She Persisted: Dorothy Height
She Persisted: Rosalind Franklin
She Persisted: Maya Lin
She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller
She Persisted: Diana Taurasi
She Persisted: Malala Yousafzai
She Persisted: Marian Anderson
She Persisted: Patsy Mink
She Persisted: Temple Grandin
Ella persistió en la ciencia
She Persisted in Science
She Persisted: Wangari Maathai
She Persisted: Coretta Scott King
She Persisted: Oprah Winfrey
She Persisted: Helen Keller
She Persisted: Maria Tallchief
She Persisted: Margaret Chase Smith
She Persisted: Clara Lemlich
She Persisted: Ruby Bridges
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner
She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor
All of Us
She Persisted: Nellie Bly

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