Patricia McCormick is a writer and teacher of creative writing. She worked as a freelance journalist for many years, contributing to the American magazine, Parents, and as a writer for Taking the Children, a movie-review column in New York Times.
Mevan Babakar (pictured) is a social entrepreneur, writer, and poet. She was born in Kurdistan and is a former child refugee. Mevan serves as trustee for the UK for UNHCR, the UK arm of the UN refugee agency, and was selected as a 2023 European Obama Leader for her work in protecting democracy.
