Gabby Rivera

Gabby Rivera is an American writer and storyteller. She is the author of the 2016 young adult novel Juliet Takes a Breath, and wrote the 2017–2018 Marvel comic book America, about superhero America Chavez. Her work often addresses issues of identity and representation for people of color and the queer community, within American popular culture.

Quotes

 * I wanted also to be very clear for young people coming out what their work is. And your work is not to make your mom accept you. That's your mom's work. Your mom has to work to understand what she needs and ... the best ways that she can love you. Your work is to just live authentically and as honestly as you can.
 * Interview, NPR (2019)

Ted Talk (2018)

 * When you lose yourself, dig deep into your ancestry, because you will find the pieces there.


 * Just like Captain America did in 1941, and who knew we'd need America Chavez to punch Nazis in 2018.


 * That myth of having to go it alone and having to be tough doesn't serve us...it's in that space where softness and vulnerability meet strength that we transcend our everyday selves...