Location: San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico
About:
Vail Kristina was born and raised in the United States. She moved to Mexico in the university and met her husband in the main square of their town wit
Vail Kristina was born and raised in the United States. She moved to Mexico in the university and met her husband in the main square of their town within weeks of arriving.
Being immersed in Spanish for two years, with the necessity and desire to communicate, she soon taught herself Spanish with books, flashcards, games, and conversations. She then studied education and became an English and Spanish teacher.
She taught in bilingual schools for nearly 20 years; every grade from preschool to high school, university. and professional training. Second grade and fourth grades were her favorite grades. In her private lessons her youngest student was 14 months old and her oldest student was 85 years old.
Vail Kristina and her husband had a baby. He was also her student in second, sixth, and eighth grades. He has now graduated from the university. The family has four official cats. They also feed street cats and would adopt them if they could.
She became a federally accredited tour guide and the manager of the Taste of San Miguel food tours over ten years ago. The number # 1 tour company in the city offering seven different food tours. Something for everyone of all ages, from Chocolate and Cobblestones to Tacos and Tequilas and even Ghost Stories and Snacks.
But since she was four she said that she wanted to write and illustrate books when she grew up and now that she is as grown as she is going to get, she has finally become an author and illustrator.
Her books bring her love of teaching, parenting, and guiding, together with her bilingual award-winning storytelling skills and her love of rhymes, writing, drawing, traditional and modern Mexican cultural traditions all into one place to bring you Rabbit Writer Books.
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