Celina De León

Writer 📔 Editor ✍🏽 Publicist 📣 Social media strategist 💬 Birder🦉#WeNeedDiverseCreators 🖋 #WeNeedDiverseBooks 📚🇵🇷🇵🇪🏳️‍🌈

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

Happy #BookBirthday to SPARK! 🎉
Out now via @Candlewick 🥳

📕 https://t.co/Jj4DpAtp2i
Give the gift of #science 🧪

Book 1 in the Black Innovator series 🎤

#sciencenews #STEM #kidsbooks #scienceteacher #BlackTwitter @JamesE_West @BellLabs @Setorfia

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

I am so excited to be on @TalkNerdy_Pod!

Thanks for having me again, @CaraSantaMaria!

https://t.co/Cwzx32pG0i

#sciencenews #NewBook #BlackTwitter #BellLabs

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

A new episode @scienceundrgrnd is now available! 🎉

It's on the scientist, inventor, and the subject of my new book, SPARK: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone.

https://t.co/9lTpSbxIZM

@JamesE_West @Candlewick @mitpress @BellLabs
@InventorsHOF

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

I'm so excited to be in this issue of @theNAEng's THE BRIDGE 🤓

I love talking about science, science education, and the subject of my new book, inventor and #HiddenFigure @JamesE_West.

https://t.co/1SUQJsn87q

#sciencetwitter #scienceengineering #STEM @InventorsHOF

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

It's October! 🎃 And the kickoff of my SPARK book tour in New England!

📕 https://t.co/Jj4DpAtp2i

I hope to see you at one of these events!

@MIT_alumni @BrownUBookstore @TheWadsworth @Candlewick @JamesE_West @NorwalkLibCT

#scienceisfun #scienceeducation #STEM #kidlit

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

It's the one-month countdown to the release of SPARK!

And what better way to celebrate than with a great review from @PublishersWkly 🎉

Now available for pre-order: https://t.co/Jj4DpAtp2i

#STEM #BlackinSTEM #WomeninSTEM #kidlit @Candlewick @mitpress @BellLabs

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

Exciting news!! Another great review!

"Ramirez uses exclamatory prose to highlight the life and legacy of Jim West... this illuminating biography focused on a trailblazer who helped shape the sound of the modern world."
—@PublishersWkly

https://t.co/lU0KKY8hzg

#STEM #kidlit

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

#tbt At the White House egg roll doing a science demo🥚🧪

#scientists #STEM #teachSTEM #teachscience

[Kirkus Reviews @KirkusReviews]

Bernadine Evaristo has launched the RSL Pioneer Prize, a literary award for British women writers over the age of 60. The inaugural winner of the award is Maureen Duffy, 91, a playwright, poet, and novelist. @BernardineEvari @MaureenDuffy https://t.co/xE70j5L6Nq

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

Litquake Festival in San Francisco will celebrate the late novelist Dorothy Allison with a marathon reading of her debut novel, ‘Bastard Out of Carolina,’ on Oct. 12. The festival has partnered with Allison’s literary estate for the 12-hour performance. https://t.co/QHq7Ud7LtI

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

Before I wrote my soon-to-be published picture book, I wrote this for @ChemistryWorld about scientist Jim West. 🎤

"Most people don’t know that an African American inventor made it possible for them to speak to loved ones..."

https://t.co/UqH5HpcPFL

#Science #BlackHistory

[Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez]

ICYMI My new picture book, SPARK, got a great review in @KirkusReviews 🎉

Coming to bookstores 10/21/25 via @Candlewick 🎤

https://t.co/lsp2rDUhcs
#STEM #ScienceMatters #picturebooks #kidsbooks

[The Beat @comicsbeat]

Former Schulz Studio head Paige Braddock honored with 2025 Sparky Award https://t.co/nBvajOxz0I

[Celina De León @celvoz]

Just published, and sadly, more necessary than ever.

DISEASE DETECTIVES: True Stories of NYC Outbreaks by preeminent epidemiologist Don Weiss; Munn Avenue Press/ @charlielevin

https://t.co/o3oHMqyjjZ

#newbook #publichealth #epidemiology

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

Marcie R. Rendon, the author of the Cash Blackbear mysteries, discusses Indigenous representation in media, portraying hard-hitting issues in fiction, and storytelling from a Native perspective. https://t.co/Qe9bQuNRbs

[Celina De León @celvoz]

New year, new books ✨

@Nnedi @karissachen @eirencaffall @claymcleod @AriaAber @TheZeinabBadawi @taoleighgoffe @imaniperry @NekoCase @natashakimiz @onesarahjones @thatonequeen @bonnietsui @NgugiWaThiongo_ @AlisonBechdel

https://t.co/vr59GvDWcU @lithub

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

Banned books find a home in Fresno at new store | @FresnoBee https://t.co/Uh5MYqvn8m

[Kristen Arnett @Kristen_Arnett]

i wrote a love letter to dorothy allison

https://t.co/XLB6Tw1sG4

[Malaika Jabali @MalaikaJabali]

Wow lots of new followers. If you’re new here, I’ve been researching and writing about nonvoters and the working class, particularly in the battleground state of Wisconsin, since 2017. First with this @curaffairs piece dissecting Clinton’s loss +

https://t.co/kYV0hmBinq

[Celina De León @celvoz]

Art to Get Out the Vote via @mayapontone @hyperallergic

https://t.co/hnLGzSj1d4