for a story to accompany yvette. >> my editor, she emailed me and said we're interested in having -- creating a bi-racial doll. she will be an environmentalist. >> reporter: wyatt grew up in an interracial family in the ancosta neighborhood of washington, d.c. i wanted to incorporate the theme of racial identity because for me that was something that i had been exploring i think unconsciously almost from the time i was able to talk. >> reporter: for over three decades she made it her mission to feature children of color in her stories. >> i think all children should be able to read books where they can see themselves reflected in some way in the book and the same with toys, the same with dolls with somebody like event. >> she hopes her books provide a safe space for otherwise difficult conversations. >> it's a medium for sharing things that trouble us. it's a medium for discussing things with parents perhaps.