First Conversations Boxed Set #1

Dr. Megan Pamela Ruth Madison is a political educator and a lifelong student of radical Black feminism. She earned her PhD in social policy from Brandeis University. As a scholar-activist, her approach to research and practice is guided by the Sociopolitical Ecology of Development, a theoretical framework that she developed as a part of her dissertation. Megan has served on the boards of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.  

Jessica Ralli is the early literacy programs coordinator at Brooklyn Public Library, where she develops and manages grant-funded programming, including Books Unbanned Storytimes. She has an MA in early childhood special education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has taught in museums, schools, and libraries. Jessica is a contributor to School Library Journal, and in 2020, she received the Library Journal Movers and Shakers Award for her advocacy work in libraries.

Isabel Roxas is an author/illustrator, micro-publisher, ceramicist, and avid reader. She was born in Manila, Philippines, and now works in the backroom of an art gallery in Manhattan. 

Anne/Andy Passchier is a non-binary illustrator from the Netherlands, currently based in the United States. They have illustrated several children's books and also create online comics.