Christianne Meneses Jacobs

Christianne Meneses Jacobs (born March 28, 1971) is a Nicaraguan American writer, editor, and teacher. She is the publisher of Iguana; a Spanish language magazine for children.

Early life and education Meneses Jacobs was born in Managua, Nicaragua. Her mother Thelma was a legal secretary, and her father, Enrique, was a lawyer and vice president of the National Liberal Party, The pilot was accused of being a CIA agent, furthering the family's anxieties and prompting their escape In 2001, Meneses Jacobs received a Master of Arts degree in Education,

In 2007, Meneses Jacobs was awarded $5,000 as one of 10 honorees of the Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund, which recognizes entrepreneurial Latinas.

Meneses Jacobs is President of NicaGal, LLC. She continues to work as an educator, currently teaching middle school in Phoenix, Arizona.

Personal life Meneses Jacobs was raised Catholic but converted to Judaism in March 1998, after graduating college. Meneses Jacobs founded Iguana Magazine with her husband, Marc, and its first issue came out in 2005. Meneses Jacobs served as the editor and her husband served at the art director. The magazine was published by Cricket, but ceased publication in December 2014.

The magazine was created because Meneses Jacobs and her husband had a hard time teaching their children how to read Spanish. The only educational materials available at the time were poorly translated books from English to Spanish. Additionally, it presented biographies and interviews with personalities that influenced the lives of Latinos in America, historical articles, stories about children around the world, science articles with experiments to try at home, nature articles, recipes, craft projects, and reader-submitted works.