Pamuela Halliwell
Pamuela Halliwell grew up in sunny California. As a graduate of University of California, San Diego, she is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked with the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, active duty and retired military veteran community for close to ten years. As a Black transgender woman, Pamuela feels compelled to illustrate characters that represent the diversity in the Black community while also advocating for Black mental health, reducing stigma, community space, and finding our light to shine through the dark.
Grieving Still : Finding the Other Side
Loosely influenced by a series of true events that have occurred including the shooting deaths of unarmed African Americans and the growing pandemic of Black transgender women killed in the United States, Grieving Still seeks to explore how we as African Americans cope with ongoing fear, mourning, trauma porn, expected and unexpected loss and how we try to "Find the Other Side" while grappling with intersectionality in our multidimensional lives. Living in a society where you are still judged for who you are and the melanin in your skin, Grieving Still takes us through how we can all find our ancestral light to shine through.
Crossing Over: The Garden of Hope
Crossing Over: The Garden of Hope was born out of a time when many felt lost, broken, or forgotten—when hope seemed like a distant memory. In the wake of painful political shifts that deeply impacted BIPOC communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, immigrants, elders, and those living at the intersections of marginalization and grief, I felt called to write a story that could serve as a light in the darkness.
This book is a reminder: even in our most painful moments, hope is not gone—it is buried deep, waiting to be nurtured. Through the language of fantasy, Crossing Over offers readers—especially African Americans—a way to reconnect with the ancestral strength, spiritual power, and inherited resilience that has carried us through centuries.
We are not without magic. We are not without light. This story helps readers discover the tools to plant their own seeds of healing and grow a garden of hope from within.
Even when the night feels endless and the way forward unclear, this book dares to say: look up. The stars are still shining. And they are lighting your path home.