Homa Sabet Tavangar is the author of the widely-acclaimed, Random House release, Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World, named a “Best New Parenting Book” by Scholastic magazine, and hailed by national education and business leaders and media ranging from the Washington Post.com, Chicago Tribune and Boston Globe to PBS, Rodale, Parents Magazine, FoxNews.com, and the Huffington Post. Her book is sparking initiatives to help audiences from CEOs to K-12 communities learn and thrive in a global context – and have fun along the way. Born in Iran, she also has lived in East and West Africa, South America and throughout the U.S. and comes to the education field after spending 20 years working in international business and international development, and being involved in her three daughters’ public schools.

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