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Kim Normand, author in her own right of the influential Raising Wisdom, Tomorrow, and A Mother’s Legacy books, is the immensely talented co-author of the accompanying Workbook and Activity Book. Prominent in the nonprofit world for over three decades, she has been a part of many successful ventures and organizations, including Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (now USC Shoah Foundation), The Institute for Visual History), established by Steven Spielberg. As well, Kim is a founding director of the Apartheid Museum, sat on the board of the Human Rights Commission for Education, and was the Founder/CEO of the Tolerance Foundation. She is a Fellow of Ashoka, the world’s leading network of social entrepreneurs, and has studied at Harvard Kennedy School of International Studies. Kim is the Founder/Executive Director of Tomorrow Trust (as previously noted) supporting orphaned and vulnerable children/youth with education, and she appears frequently on Ted Talks. Kim calls both Atlanta, Georgia and Johannesburg, SA, home.