Hi! Deb Gonzales here.

I create quality, affordable, project-specific, supplemental materials connecting people with literature. As an educator and fellow author, I am skilled in navigating the needs of the educational and literary worlds.

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My debut picture book Girls with Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records (Charlesbridge, 2019) is the tenacious history of the female athlete from the first Olympic Games to present day, including the passage of Title IX.

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Dec 7 WNDB: Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnnie Ashe Changed Tennis by Judy Allen Dodson

Debbie Gonzales

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How Arthur and Johnnie Ashe Changed Tennis

Written by Judy Allen Dodson

Synopsis:

This untold story of Johnnie’s quiet sacrifice and stoic heroism for his brother, his county, and for the world to witness Arthur’s dream come true is truly- A Brother’s Gift. Allowing Arthur to play tennis and ultimately make history, and fifty years later, Arthur still holds the record for being the only African American man to win three major tennis championships.

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