Ashley Renee Jefferson

Ms. Ashley (she/her) is an early childhood expert and play advocate. She brings her 20+ years of experience as an early childhood teacher, museum curator, and performer as the Founder of Play Plan Afrikan (playpanafrikan.org), an early learning collective, and Nguzo Babies (nguzobabies.com), a children's puppet show. Ms. Ashley is also a prolific curriculum author, the popular being her Kwanzaa 365 curriculum to help classrooms integrate cultural diversity. Her passion is offering support and quality resources to families with young children to restore the beauty of childhood and family pastimes.

Kristiana Vellucci (she/her) is an illustrator and interactive designer with a background in media and cultural studies, a passion for visual art, and an undying love for varying shades of yellow. She is based in Toronto. You can find her at wallflowerstudio.co.