Editorial Board and MKB Administrators - Multicultural Kid Blogs

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Supervising Editors

Maria of Bicultural Mama and Ilze of Let the Journey Begin (see below for full bios)

Editorial Board

Leanna is a stay at home mother to three sweet, funny, rambunctious children. She draws inspiration from the Writings of the Bahá'í Faith and tries to raise her children in a fun, spiritual, loving environment. She and her husband, who is from Costa Rica, are raising their children to be bilingual and bicultural but more importantly to be "world citizens." Leanna blogs at All Done Monkey and is the founder of Multicultural Kid Blogs.

MaryAnne

MaryAnne was raised in the United States, Guatemala, France, Bolivia, and Austria. Her first daughter was born in Scotland, and she now lives with her husband and their four children in Silicon Valley, California. You can find MaryAnne writing about parenting, crafts, and education at Mama Smiles – Joyful Parenting.

Varya

Varya blogs at CreativeWorldOfVarya.Com . She is a mom to 3 children, an early development specialist, a baby massage and perinatal fitness instructor, aromatherapist and a breastfeeding counselor. Varya has been living in China for nearly 20 years working and raising her multicultural family.

Jennifer Fischer

Jennifer is a mom of two, as well as an independent filmmaker who has taught filmmaking to youth, most notably with her Spotlight On Hope Film Camp, a free film camp for Pediatric Cancer patients. She writes about her experiences with her sons, Wild Thing (5) and Caterpillar (3), at The Good Long Road with an emphasis on mindfulness, imagination, and creative activities related to the boys' favorite children’s books.

Frances

Frances is a native Spanish speaker, married to a Southern gentleman and a multicultural & Latina mamá to a tween. She started blogging when her son was 4 years old. She blogs about her multicultural family living, learning and discovering the world through her son’s eyes. Hence the name of her blog: Discovering the World Through My Son's Eyes. She can be found musing on her blog, Facebook and her favorite social media platform Instagram.

Rita Rosenback

Rita Rosenback is the founder of the Multilingual Parenting site, author of “Bringing up a Bilingual Child” and a Family Language Coach helping multilingual families. She also gives talks and holds workshops for parents and teachers on the topic of bilingual children.

Annabelle Humanes

Former linguist. Maman to two little world citizens. Currently living in Germany (via the U.K., France and Portugal). I blog about life as a displaced multilingual mum.

Ilze Ievina

Ilze is a sociology PhD turned digital marketer and mom to two trilingual, multicultural kids. Originally from Latvia, she has lived the last decade in Northern Germany. Ilze's blog Let the Journey Begin is fueled by tea, chocolate, and the power of procrastination. You can also find her on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Crystal McClean

Crystal is a Mom, wife, homeschooler, virtual assistant, frugalista, ex-pat, and much more. If you’re looking for fun activities, educational ideas, recipes, multiculturalism, reviews, freebies, and giveaways, you’ll find it all there with a little dose of inspiration thrown in for good measure (www.castleviewacademy.com).

Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett

Amanda is a mother, teacher, podcaster, and author. Parents and kids know her as "Miss Panda!" Her streaming lesson album Let's Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda guides parents to bring everyday Chinese to their young children with laughter. Her podcast is Playful Chinese which helps families to keep Mandarin active every day! She is the author of FIRST MANDARIN SOUNDS. You can connect with her at Miss Panda Chinese

Bicultural Mama

Maria Adcock is the founder of BiculturalMama.com - a site covering culture, parenting, health, food, and travel. She is a first generation Chinese-American and corporate marketing professional turned freelance writer who lives in New York with her husband and two children.

Vicki Garlock

Vicki Garlock's primary focus is interfaith education for kids. She is the founder of Faith Seeker Kids, a correspondent for The Interfaith Observer, and an editor for MCK Blogs. Her 4-volume interfaith Peace curriculum for kids age 3 through Grade 8 was recently published with Possibilities Publishing. Visit the Faith Seeker Kids web site or follow us on FB, Twitter, and Instagram!

Hsin Chen

Hi, My name is Hsin and I am a third-culture kid from Taiwan, I have two daughters with a multicultural background. We moved 11,000 km from Taiwan to Barcelona where we are now based to embrace multiculturalism and establish family values of our own.

Former Members of the Editorial Board

Founding Member: Giselle Shardlow of Kids Yoga Stories

Founding Member: Ute Limacher-Riebold of expatsincebirth.com

Former Supervising Editor: Jenny B of Spanish Playground

Former Supervising Editor: Linda of Hispanic Mama

Aditi of Raising World Children

Amanda of Turning Dutch

Amanda of Miss Panda Chinese

Ashley of Family on the Loose

Aysh of Jeddah Mom

Charu of Ketchup Moms

Crystal of Castle View Academy