Johanny Ortega
Overlooking the waining Dominican sun during late evenings after school, Johanny Ortega developed a taste for reading. Less than a year after immigrating to the U.S., she learned to speak English. She thinks this occurred so fast because she couldn’t wait to read a book when she didn’t find characters that looked lik.... more
Overlooking the waining Dominican sun during late evenings after school, Johanny Ortega developed a taste for reading. Less than a year after immigrating to the U.S., she learned to speak English. She thinks this occurred so fast because she couldn’t wait to read a book when she didn’t find characters that looked like her and shared a similar background; the love of reading morphed into a love of writing, and soon all the what-if stories that swam in her head turned into books, blogs, short stories, and novellas.
