Jessie Maimone
Biracial (Black & white), chronic illness (ulcerative colitis), anxiety
Experience
Lived experience, M.S. in Book Publishing and Library and Information Science, professional experience
Reading Interests
Romance, Children's and young adult books
Gulnaz Saiyed
Indian American, Muslim, Anxiety, foster/adoptive parent (*not* qualified to read for adoptees or those who are/have been in foster care), learning and cognition, special needs parenting
Experience
Lived experience; academic research on Islamic feminism and women's issues; ethnographer of racial, cultural, and power dynamics in learning environments; curriculum writer; editor/writer, MFA Candidate in Writing for Young People at Lesley University; MS in Journalism.
Reading Interests
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children's Literature, Academic Writing