Our Mangos

Aracelly Arcila

Aracelly Arcilla

Office Manager

Favorite Recent Read: In Defense of Plants by Matt Candeias
Birthplace: Medellín, Colombia
Living In: Coral Gables, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Production supervisor at a clothing export company.
Fun Fact: Aracelly studied nursing in San Francisco, California.

Krishna Bhat

Krishna Bhat

Special Sales Manger

Favorite Recent Read: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Birthplace: Kent, England
Living In: San Francisco, California
Second Favorite Job: Being a kids art teacher.
Fun Fact: Krishna has a vast vinyl collection which goes back 45 years or so, and he is an artist and illustrator.

Elina Diaz

Elina Diaz

Art Director

Favorite Recent Read: You Don’t Have to Like Me by Alida Nugent
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Living In: Miami, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Working as the receptionist at the Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables.
Fun Fact: Her personal work has been displayed in Times Square twice.

Robin Miller

Robin Miller

Managing Editor

Favorite Recent ReadThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Living In: Miami, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Teaching waterskiing at a resort in northern Michigan.
Fun Fact: Do not ask Robin about her cat unless you are prepared to see a LOT of photos.

M.J. Fievre

MJ Fievre

Director of Global Editions and Juvenile Publishing

Favorite Recent Read: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Birthplace: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Living In: Miramar, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Working as a program and marketing coordinator for the Miami Book Fair.
Fun Fact: MJ loves Bob´s Burgers, merkitties and Animal Crossing (Nintendo DS).

Aibike Kalibekova

Aibike Kalibekova

Accounting and Finance Manager

Favorite Recent Read: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Birthplace: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Living In: Miami, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Working with amazing people in one of the Big4 audit companies.
Fun Fact: Aibike is a big fan of traveling; she has done a road trip around the US and visited 11 states and 22 cities in a week.

Nehemie Pierre

Nehemie Pierre

Data Analytics Manager

Favorite Recent Read: Finding Me by Viola Davis
Birthplace: Miami, Florida
Living In: Miami, Florida
Second Favorite Job:  Community Leader and Advocate for overlooked and under-resourced communities in the Miami area.
Fun Fact: Nehemie’s first flight in life was a 48-hour flight to Mumbai, India.


Haley Podey

Haley Pody

Analyst

Favorite Recent Read: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Living In: Alabama
Second Favorite Job: Search Quality Rater at Sykes.
Fun Fact: Haley refused to read fiction books on her own time from the ages of 6-8, until she discovered the historical fiction genre, which sparked her love for fiction once again.

Mitchell Kaplan

Mitchell Kaplan

Editor-at-Large, Books & Books

Favorite Recent Read: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Birthplace: Miami, Florida
Living In: Miami, Florida
Fun Fact: Mitchell is a co-founder of Miami Book Fair International.

Brenda Knight

Brenda Knight

Publisher

Favorite Recent ReadThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Birthplace: Gallipolis, Ohio
Living In: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Second Favorite Job: Working at her aunt’s nursery, instilling in her a deep love of gardening.
Fun Fact: Brenda is also a poet—she opened for Lawrence Ferlinghetti when he toured in Europe.

Christina McCall

Christina McCall

Predictive Analytics

Favorite Recent Read: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
Birthplace: Irvine, California
Living In: Herndon, Virginia
Second Favorite Job: Working as a merchandise hostess at the Emporium in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
Fun Fact: Christina loves experimenting with crazy hair colors and her favorite so far has been ocean blue.

Lisa McGuinness

Lisa McGuinness

Creative Director & YPP Publisher

Favorite Recent Read: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owen
Birthplace: Oakland, California
Living In: Walnut Creek, California
Second Favorite Job: Working as a wedding florist.
Fun Fact: Lisa is a tennis fiend, and loves to both watch it and play it!

Chris McKenney

Chris McKenney

President & CEO

Favorite Recent Read: Open by Johan Norberg
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado
Living In: Miami, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Working with all the good people and publishers of Publishers Group West (PGW) as Chief Operating Officer.
Fun Fact: Chris and his wife, editor Mary Rajkumar, have traveled to over seventy countries, many with their two kids.

Raj McKenney

Raj McKenney

Customer Service Coordinator

Birthplace: Berkeley, California
Living In: Miami, Florida and Edinburgh, Scotland
Second Favorite Job: No idea. (This is Raj’s first job.)
Fun Fact: Raj once helped to make a modding project which doubled active users for a game.


Scott McKenney

Scott McKenney

Director of Analytics

Favorite Recent ReadThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Birthplace: Auburndale, Massachusetts
Living In: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Second Favorite Job: Bonding with his Golden Retriever, Fiona. Oh, and Scott was a career officer at the CIA.
Fun Fact: Scott is happy to have flunked retirement and now be working at Mango.

Megan Werner

Megan Werner

Junior Designer

Favorite Recent Read: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Birthplace: Midland, Michigan
Living in: Miami, Florida
Second Favorite Job: At a tech startup that’s dedicated to increasing volunteer participation in high school and college students.
Fun Fact: Megan thinks there is never a “wrong” time for a donut and is starting her tattoo collection.

Roberto Nuñez

Roberto Nuñez

Director of Mango Online

Favorite Recent ReadReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Birthplace: Quito, Ecuador
Living In: Quito, Ecuador
Second Favorite Job: User Interface and User Experience Design, as well as Online Marketing on personal projects.
Fun Fact: Roberto loves vertigo and has jumped from a bridge four times. Parachuting is next on his list!

Nathaniel Parker

Nathaniel Parker

International Publishing & Rights Coordinator

Favorite Recent Read: Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
Birthplace: Harlem, New York
Living In: Boca Raton, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Making and delivering pizza that brought smiles and full bellies to many.
Fun Fact: Nate plays the piano and electric guitar.

Hannah Jorstad Paulsen

Hannah Jorstad Paulsen

Director of Marketing

Favorite Recent Read: Humankind by Rutger Bregman
Birthplace: Tromsø, Norway
Living In: Oslo, Norway
Second Favorite Job: Hannah worked at Marvelous Norway, a media company, as a community manager.
Fun Fact: Hannah loves to hang out with animals and her hobbies include knitting, crocheting and playing the ukulele.

Yaddyra Peralta

Yaddyra Peralta

Director of People Development

Favorite Recent ReadOrdinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz
Birthplace: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Living In: Little Haiti, Miami
Second Favorite Job: Visiting Poet at Emerson Elementary School for O,Miami Poetry Festival’s Sunroom project.
Fun Fact: Yaddyra once spent a summer in the Amazon rainforest.

Mary Rajkumar

Mary Rajkumar

Editorial Advisor

Favorite Recent Read:An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Birthplace: Singapore
Living In: Miami, Florida
Fun Fact: If she wasn’t an editor, Mary would probably be a pianist in a jazz bar.

Giulia Scarnecchia

Giulia Scarnecchia

Director of Finance

Favorite Recent ReadEmotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Birthplace: Teramo, Italy
Living In: Bologna, Italy
Second Favorite Job: Administrative coordinator for Teramo Triathlon Team, a sport association in Italy.
Fun Fact: She went skydiving twice but can’t take a dip into the sea—even if she were a swimmer.

Natasha Vera

Natasha Vera

Associate Editor

Favorite Recent ReadThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Living In: Coral Gables, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Working at a bookstore!
Fun Fact: She is a singer and songwriter.

Hugo Villabona

Hugo Villabona

Director of Publishing Operations

Favorite Recent Read: Meet Me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman
Birthplace: Bogotá, Colombia
Living In: Miami, Florida
Second Favorite Job: Fact-checking for Mental Floss.
Fun Fact: Hugo has seen every Simpsons episode. Ever