Daughter of the Light-Footed People

Meet Lorena Ramrez, an Indigenous Rarmuri athlete from Mexico who is internationally known for winning ultramarathons in her traditional skirts and rubber sandals, in this nonfiction picture book. From the copper canyons of Mexico, her swift footsteps echo. Clip clap, clip clap. Experience a sixty-mile run with Indigenous athlete Lorena Ramrez. She runs in the traditional clothes of the Rarmuri, the light-footed people, to show that her people and their way of life are alive and thrivingoutpacing runners in modern, high-tech gear and capturing the worlds attention. Lorenas career as an athlete is an inspiring real-life example of the power of perseverance that will encourage young readers to follow their own dreams.