The Unwelcome Stranger: (North America/Europe) (The Unwelcome Stranger: COVID Learning Series, Band 1) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Drew Edwards is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pangea Educational Development. Drew has spent his career working with children in post-conflict, emergency, and crisis settings. He has written for UNESCO, spoken on stage at SXSWedu, and on NPR. He was a Forbes 30 under 30 finalist and a WISE Learner's Voice Fellow on Refugee Education at the Qatar Foundation. He earned his Master's in International Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he studied early childhood literacy, inclusion, and belonging. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from DePaul University, where he was an Irwin W. Steans Community Service Scholar and Vincentian Mission Fellow. He holds a Certificate in Child Protection from the Harvard FXB Center for Health & Human Rights.

Taylor Tomu is a doctoral student at The Ohio State University who is focused on medical anthropology. She is interested in questions that uncover African American's experiences with the health care system, as well as the development and implementation of community-based programs to assist underserved populations. Her doctoral research studies the effects structural racism has on African American Women's experiences with diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of COVID-19. This pandemic continues to disproportionally affect black people due to structural racism and inequities that have persisted for decades. Such data are critical for developing effective public health messaging aimed at reducing health inequities.

Nandi L. Fernandez considers herself a global citizen. She is an illustrator, Concept Artist and Animator. A Ugandan born in the United Kingdom, grew up in Uganda, Zambia and Liberia where her love for travel, art and exploring different African cultures was nurtured. Naturally she was drawn to storytelling through visual art, the interest was cultivated during her childhood years having her first published painting at fourteen years old in the Imango Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection. Graduating high school at fifteen years old, she developed her skills further with a Diploma in Concept Art from Vancouver Animation School and a Bachelors degree in Animation from SAE Dubai. Nandi has since worked as a concept artist at Lionheart Studio in Singapore, illustrated educational materials for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and illustrated various children's books while she travels the world.