Editorial Board and MKB Administrators - Multicultural Kid Blogs

Editorial Board and Website

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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.

Olga Mecking

Olga Mecking is a writer, journalist and translator. Her articles have been published in The BBC, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and many others. Her portfolio can be found at www.olgamecking.com. When not writing or thinking about wriitng, Olga can be found reading, drinking tea, and reading some more.

Frances

Frances Díaz Evans is a Latina Author, Educator, Multicultural and Language Advocate. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of the East in Puerto Rico and a master's degree in Spanish education from the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.

She is the founder and writer of the multicultural, bilingual parenting website, Discovering the World Through My Son's Eyes and Discovering Español (Discovering Spanish), a business dedicated to teaching Spanish online.

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.

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!

Lisa Ferland

Lisa Ferland is the editor and publisher of the Knocked Up Abroad series and focuses on the cultural differences in pregnancy, birth, and parenting approaches worldwide.

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