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Nick Thomas is an Executive Editor at Levine Querido who began his career as an editorial intern at Arthur A. Levine Books. He works on books of all kinds—picture books, novels, nonfiction, and graphic novels. Books he has edited have won awards including the Newbery, Caldecott, Pura Belpré, APALA, AIYLA, Printz Honor, and Batchelder Honor.

Antonio Gonzalez Cerna is Vice President and Executive Director, Marketing & Publicity at Levine Querido. He has 19 years experience developing marketing, advertising, and social media strategies for adult and children’s book publishers such as Hachette Book Group, Penguin Books USA, and Scholastic, as well as for non-profit institutions including the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Lambda Literary Foundation. An advocate for diversity, inclusion, and equality, he has proudly served on the Children’s Book Council Diversity Committee, Lambda Literary Awards Host Committee, and is a founding member of Latinx in Publishing. He’s passionate about graphic novels, graffiti, and guacamole.

Irene Vázquez is an Editor at Levine Querido. Irene graduated from Yale with a BA in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and English. Irene read the Percy Jackson series out of order in elementary school by accident and has been passionate about children’s books ever since. Outside of LQ, Irene is a poet and journalist who likes drinking coffee, watching Queen Sugar and reminding folks that the South has something to say.

Kerry Taylor is Marketing and Publicity Coordinator at Levine Querido. Originally from Northern California, Kerry has a BA in English from Scripps College and is a 2022 graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course. Before working for LQ, she interned at Henry Holt & Company, InkWell Management, and educational nonprofit 826 Valencia. Outside children’s books, her interests include sharks, avant-garde video games, and any story that leaves her deeply unsettled.

Alice Ganges is a Marketing Coordinator at Levine Querido. She was born in Poland, raised in Pennsylvania, and moved to Washington D.C. after earning a B.A. in Political Science and Environmental Studies at Guilford College. In her free time, Alice is often found talking about books to anyone that listens — whether they are friends, strangers at a bookstore, or even her phone’s camera (but only when recording content for her BookTok account).

Allison DeRose was an intern at Levine Querido in the summer of 2022. She currently attends Georgetown University, pursuing a BS in Physics and Psychology. At Georgetown, she's a member of the editorial staff at The Voice, the school's prominent student-run news magazine. She is passionate about queer love stories, hyper-specific Spotify playlists, and collecting books faster than she can read them.

Jenna Meyer interned at Levine Querido in the summer of 2022. She currently attends Ringling College of Art and Design and is pursuing a BFA in Illustration, and a minor in Creative Writing. She previously worked on the editing team of Ringling’s student-run, international literary journal, Shift—A Journal of Literary Oddities, where she helped curate a truly strange, unique collection of art, short stories, and poetry.

Madison Werthmann interned at Levine Querido in the fall of 2021. They graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Sociology. Since then, they have been many things: a cookie dough maker, a title examiner, an essay editor, a rehab coach, and a bookseller. Given their current path, you might guess which job was their favorite. When not at work, you may find them trying to control their three mischievous cats or diving into the worlds of graphic novels and manga. 

Joo Hee Park interned at Levine Querido in the summer of 2021. She also works as an intern at Archipelago Books. She has eased her way into publishing somewhat circuitously through different internships—first at Poets House, then the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, Ayesha Pande Literary, and now Levine Querido, where she has been inspired by the dedication to truly honor a multitude of talent, stories, and voices.

Bobby Lewis was an editorial assistant at Levine Querido in the spring of 2022. He graduated Pace University for an MS in Publishing. As an undergraduate student he earned his BA in English from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where he was a writing tutor and English class TA, and after a stint as a New Dramatists theatre intern and Pipeline Theatre Company play reader, finally found his way to publishing through an internship at Writers House. Bobby is especially drawn towards YA novels, whose characters he finds strongly encourage wonder and empathy through their journeys of self-discovery, and he ultimately hopes to acquire and edit such books.

Yvonne Tapia is a former Freelance Marketing Associate and intern at Levine Querido. She assists with projects across departments. Yvonne entered the publishing world when she began her internship at W. W. Norton & Company. She has also worked in the educational and media fields. With a long-term enthusiasm for children’s and young adult books, she has been involved at Housing Works Bookstore, 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival, and Latinx in Publishing. Yvonne is excited about the power of storytelling, and dedicated to engage content visibility in underrepresented communities.

Deavihan Scott was an intern at Levine Querido in the winter of 2021. She is currently a junior at Wellesley College where she studies English Literature with a concentration in creative writing. Previously, she was an intern at Scholastic and the National Book Foundation where she fostered her enthusiasm for the power of storytelling and love for children's literature. Deavihan is passionate about book accessibility to young readers in marginalized communities. She is always excited to talk about mozzarella sticks and rom-coms (for both, the cheesier the better).

Allegra Martschenko interned at Levine Querido in the Spring of 2020. Previously, she worked as the Sales Intern at Princeton University Press while pursuing her B.A in Architecture with a minor in Creative Writing. She's dedicated to the construction of new realities that both architecture and children's books promise.