Kristin Leong

Kristin Leong, M.Ed. is a producer for NPR-affiliate station KUOW Public Radio. As one of 30 international TED-Ed Innovative Educators of 2017, she founded RollCallProject.com, a global portrait and storytelling project humanizing the culture gaps in schools. ROLL CALL is used in classrooms around the world to fuel conversation about equity and representation. Her photography project HALF: Biracial + Bicultural in America was nominated for USA Today's Outstanding Academic & Intellectual Endeavor award. As a senior at Sarah Lawrence College, the New York Times called her a "graduate already in the driver's seat." She is a 2018 Citizen University Fellow and a recipient of The Slants Foundation's 2020 Countering Hate grant. Her latest adventure is ROCK PAPER RADIO (RockPaperRadio.com), a dispatch for misfits and unlikely optimists. She lives with her wife and son in Seattle. Connect with her at kristinleong.com. [Photo credit: Keri Zierler]