Agatha Rodi was born in Patras, Greece. She has been working as a foreign language teacher for twenty-four years. She founded “Weaving Waves Publications” in 2022. As a writer, she appeared in the Greek Anthology, for her birthplace Patras: «8 People of the City» (2019).
Her picture books: “A Young Kimolistas” (2022) was published in Greek, English, and French, “Amelie at Grandma’s” (2020) in two versions, in Greek-English and Greek-French. She has translated/edited short stories, biographies (My Mother’s Eyes, 2023), anthologies, and poems, (Unfettered Hearts-U.S. 2021), (LuzDelMes-U.S. 2019&2020). She edited the publication and illustration of twenty books as the inspirer of the creative writing initiative «Greek Children Read & Write».
She is a member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators), the Circle of the Greek Children’s Book (Greek Ibby), the Cyprus Association on Books for Young People(Cypriot Ibby), the Greek-Japanese Association, and the European Association of Creative Writing Programmes (EACWP). She is a Global Good Will Ambassador of GGA Foundation U.S, and represents Greece as the Ambassador of the non-profit organizations (MCBD-U.S.), (International Read To Me Day-Australia). She writes in the newspapers «National Herald» U.S. and https://www.greekradiofl.com/author/a-rodi/ U.S. of the Greek diaspora.
Being the Policy Maker of the «Kimolistes Ngo», she organizes the «Story Telling Waves», workshops, under the auspices of the Hellenic Tourism Organization, related to the environment, Kimolian flora and fauna, and the island’s unique tradition. Her proposals: at the Best City Awards – Silver Award, Culture and Sustainable Development (2023), BRAVO Sustainability Dialogue & Awards (2022) named the «Kimolistes Ngo» the Ambassador of Sustainable Development, in Greece; and received the 1st place in the European Union, in the field of sustainable cultural tourism (ECTN AWARD 2021).
She participates in the Erasmus project: “Small Islands-One Community”, which aims at tracking down the Kimolian cultural heritage through Storytelling and Sustainability. She recently started MSc studies in the “Interpretation: Management and Practice program”, University of the Highlands & Islands-U.K.
Web: www.agatharodi.com & www.kimolistes.com
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