Marta Arroyo is a retired elementary school teacher and author of the bilingual children’s books La Fiesta y el Mariachi (2007) and The Story of Señora Tamales(2010). She and her husband live in Oceanside, California. Her children and grandchildren live in Carlsbad and San Marcos, California. Marta looks forward to sharing this new edition of The Story of Señora Tamales with the beautiful children and parents of the Southwest and all the world.