Marie Kondo is a tidying expert, bestselling author, star of Netflix’s hit show, “Tidying Up With Marie Kondo,” and founder of KonMari Media, Inc. Enchanted with organizing since her childhood, Marie began her tidying consultant business as a 19-year-old university student in Tokyo. Today, Marie is a renowned tidying expert helping people around the world…
Andria Zafirakou, a teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, won $1 million when she was crowned the best teacher in the world by the Varkey Foundation. She is an art and textiles teacher in Brent on the outskirts of London, one of the world’s most ethnically diverse places. She is passionate about education and…
. In Alexandra’s own words, “As a third-culture kid born and raised in Saudi Arabia, I grew into my adulthood struggling with my identity as imposed on me in the country I was now living in (The United States.) Like many young Americans, I fell deep into debt before I was an adult or even…
Louise Glück is one of America’s most honored contemporary poets. In 2020 Louise Glück has become the first American woman to win the Nobel prize for literature in 27 years, cited for “her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”. Louise is the 16th woman to win the Nobel, and the…
Tracy Edwards gained international fame in as the skipper of the first all-female crew to sail around the world when they raced in the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race. She received an MBE which is an order of the British Empire award. Tracy became the first woman in its 34 year history to be awarded…
Safak Pavey is known for her international work in the field of human rights, humanitarian aid and peace-building with a background embracing international civil service, activism and journalism. The train accident she had whilst studying art and film in Zurich left her with one arm and leg, introducing her further to the world of disabled…
Kat Lavers is a passionate gardener and sustainable food systems advocate. With a background in permaculture design, teaching and facilitation, her work reconnects people with the land under their feet, and helps them experience the abundance of growing food as well as their role in wider ecosystems. Kat is the gardener and designer behind The…
Margaret Manning is the founder of Sixty and Me and former Female Entrepreneur of the Year and one of the UK’s most successful business personalities and keynote speakers. Margaret set up ‘Sixty and Me’ as a community dedicated to helping women over 60 create independent, healthy and financially secure lives. ‘Sixty and Me’ empowers and…
Zarina Kopyrina was born in small remote village of 900 people, far from capital of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) – Yakutsk city (Arctic Siberia). “As a young child I spent a great deal of time in the wild, learning to talk with animals and birds.” Growing up with her mother, three sisters and her grandparents,…
Tara Westover is an American author. Born in Idaho to a father opposed to public education, she never attended school. She spent her days working in her father’s junkyard or stewing herbs for her mother, a self-taught herbalist and midwife. Growing up in a radical, survivalist family, Tara had no birth certificate, no medical care…
