Cynthia Marcano is Wall Street Journal Best-selling author, enamored of Jesus, reading, and cake. Born and raised in Southern New Jersey to Puerto Rican parents, she is the loving mother to three beautiful children. Born and raised in South Jersey, she loves to incorporate her roots and culture as a Christian and Hispanic woman into her fiction writing. She founded Feeding Thousands Publishing in 2015 and launched Urban House Publishing in 2019. She currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

When her nose isn't stuck in her laptop designing graphics or a book reading, you can probably find her listening to music or avoiding the dishes.

She Will Rise, a brand devoted to encouraging others through heartbreak and loss was launched in 2019 to empower women into business, inner and outer beauty, and self-love. Through her organization, Cynthia leads women on encouragement "journeys" of self-discovery and self-love.