Stav Papadopoulos was born inThessaloniki, Greece and grew up in NewYork where she studied. She attendedQueens College, CUNY in New York,where she majored in Education andrecently retrained at the Department ofElementary Education at AristotleUniversity in Thessaloniki, Greece. Stavis an English language instructor andprepares students for language andstandardized admission tests for theirstudies abroad. She is a regularcontributor to teaching and creativitysites where she writes about creativeteaching.
Maria Chatzi has graduated from thedepartment of English Language andLiterature of Aristotle University ofThessaloniki and has worked as a teacherof English. She is also a self-taught artist;she designs crafts (for kids and adults), jewelry and other home decor items. She’sbeen a creativity enthusiast for overfifteen years now. She writes articles andactivities on Creative Writing, as well asCraft Projects.She spends a great deal of her timevolunteering for public libraries inThessaloniki, where she offers creativecourses, mainly creative writing andcrafts for kids. She also teaches jewelrymaking and various techniques forcrafting with recycled materials. Both her contribution to public librariesand the publication of this mini ebook, witha Creative Commons License, are an offerof free services for the common good inthe local community and an effort topromote Creativity.