De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children, reviews several of the books and gives some insight into the process in this delightful essay.
Ten Mice for Tet (Chronicle, 2003) was Cindy's first book which she co-authored with Pegi Deitz Shea, and was inspired by the Vietnamese embroidery she saw while working in international relief in Ha Noi, Vietnam. She is trained as an art historian and holds master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Teachers College Columbia University. She lives in New York City.