A writer, actor, and child-rights activist, Nandana Dev Sen is the author of six children’s books, translated into 15 languages globally. She grew up in India, England and America, and has starred in 20 feature films from four continents (and in multiple languages). Nandana‘s first book Kangaroo Kisses was selected by 320 UK nurseries as a “Book of Excellence,” and her interactive workshops have been loved by more than 30,000 young people across the world.

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University (where she won the John Harvard Scholarship and Elizabeth Agassiz Prize each year) and studying filmmaking at the USC School of Cinema-Television, Nandana worked as a book editor, a screenwriter, a script-doctor, an advocate for child protection, and as Princess Jasmine in Disneyland. The winner of the Last Girl Champion Award as well as multiple Best Actress awards, Nandana has served on the jury of numerous child-protection commissions, global film festivals and international literary prizes (including the DSC Prize). As an advocate and ambassador, she has represented UNICEF, Operation Smile, RAHI, and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, to fight against child abuse and to end human trafficking.

Nandana is on Facebook and Instagram at nandanadevsen and she tweets @nandanadevsen as well. You’re welcome to visit her at www.nandanadevsen.com.

Nandana is Child Protection Ambassador for Save the Children India.