I Am Going to Miss My Autism Teacher!

Luis Burgado is a 13-year-old multi-time author who comes from a family of authors. His mother, Dali Burgado, wrote the motivational book Defeat It! in 2017.

Luis' older sister, Christine M. Burgado, wrote and illustrated, The Princess and The Dragon at age 6, making her the youngest author in the history of Virginia, until their younger brother Angel A. Burgado claimed that title at age 3 in 2020 with his first book: My Angel Loves to Learn: Lesson 1: Fruits and Vegetables and other things I like.Luis has always been a creative.

As a toddler he would draw logos of cars and movie production companies. He started developing his own characters at age 10, and he taught himself Photoshop and started creating movie posters. Soon after, he would create a series of 10 books, which were lost shortly after creating them, due to a computer crash.

Luis has since worked hard to create new books starting with The Disappearing Moon and now his fourth book, I Am Going to Miss My Autism Teacher! We are proud to see what other literary creations he has in-store for the world. Now Luis Alexander Burgado, continues the tradition of his first book, The Disappearing Moon, with I Am Going to Miss My Autism Teacher! The book came to life when, Luis found out that one of his favorite middle school teachers would be leaving to pursue a new path.

Mr. Cupps was always patient and understanding with Luis, as were his elementary school teachers before him. But middle school helped him feel a stronger bond to Mr. Cupps. So, Luis decided to dedicate a book to him in appreciation for all that he has done.

Luis felt with a worldwide pandemic and a shutting down of local schools he really didn't get a chance to spend time with his friends or favorite teacher, which for him made the departure a little harder. Luis said: "I feel sad because I will miss him. I liked him because he is kind, he is so nice, and he is thoughtful. But I hope he is happy, and I want to say Good Luck Mr. Cupps."