Adam Ciccio was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He moved to Savannah, Georgia, at the age of twelve and attended St. Andrew’s Preparatory School in Wilmington Island, Georgia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH) in 2006 and with a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling at Salem State University (Salem, MA) in 2012. Adam owns eight mental health practices that serve both children and adults in Eastern Massachusetts. In addition to his role as President and Owner of Ciccio Counseling Centers, he teaches graduate school in the Mental Health Counseling Department at his alma mater, Salem State University. Adam Ciccio is the author of 18 children’s books, many of his stories themed around cognitive wellness and self-confidence during social-emotional developmental stages.

Katrijn Jacobs (1978) from Dendermonde, Belgium is an art teacher in secondary education and mother of three children. As a little girl, no surface was safe. She drew everywhere she could, even on the walls. However, she only pursued her passion relatively late in life. In 2018, she obtained a degree in Illustrative Design in Sint-Niklaas. Katrijn loves to experiment and creates illustrations on various surfaces: paper, glass, porcelain. . . With her playful, cheerful style, she wants to bring a ray of happiness and color to the world. Emotions, people, and nature inspire her enormously. She enjoys exploring analog and digital creation separately, but also bringing together the strengths of both. Based on the premise that anything is possible, she focuses on the present in order to be open to what is yet to come. In the meantime, she enjoys every project that comes her way.