MEET THE TEAM

Gabriel Cazeau is 6-years-old. He is a co-author and inspiration of one of the lead characters of the Learning With Gabriel and Ellise book series. Gabriel wrote his first book with his father at 3-years-old. While he has not published this book, it was still his first literary work to educate and entertain others. Gabriel loves God, garbage trucks, reading, and learning about everything. He spends his days playing with his younger brother and sister and attending home school with his mom. Gabriel loves being an author and wants his books and videos to teach children all over the world.

Ellise Cazeau is 4-years-old. She is a co-author and inspiration of one of the lead characters of the Learning With Gabriel and Ellise book series. She loves nature, animals, unicorns, playing sports, drawing, God, and learning different languages. She spends her days playing with her two brothers and exploring nature. She loves being the best big sister.

Joni Cazeau is a wife, mom, Family Medicine physician, military veteran, and now co-author of the Learning With Gabriel and Ellise book series. Joni is the mother of three children, Gabriel, Ellise, and Daniel. She entered the literary world when she could not find English/French bilingual reading material that allowed her to facilitate reading for her children in French. “I do not speak much French at all. However, my children’s father does, and I wanted to help my kids share that part of his culture. I needed reading material that would engage and teach my children French while allowing me to learn at the same time. When I couldn’t find material easy enough to allow me to participate in the kids learning, we decided to create our own. Now our kids are reading and speaking in both languages and we know this series can help so many more children gain the same skill set.” Joni loves God, spending time with her husband and children, and almost any type of physical activity.

Jean Cazeau is the illustrator of the Learning With Gabriel and Ellise book series. In addition to serving as the illustrator, he is also the book series formatter, photographer, and video editor/creator. When not wearing his multiple hats serving in the company business, Jean continues his primary position of employment at Merrill Lynch. He also enjoys photography, participating in athletic/sporting activities, spending time with his family, and giving back to his community. He serves on the technology and sound team at The King’s Cathedral church in

Providence, RI, and has been a volunteer and donor at Providence Rescue Mission for over a decade, including serving in the Mission’s mentorship program. Jean was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and is hoping this book series is able to help foster a love of bilingual reading, speaking, and communication for children in the United States, Haiti, and French and English speaking communities around the world.