Fernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of the International Education Policy Masters Program at Harvard University. His research and teaching focus on understanding how to educate children and youth so they can thrive in the 21st century. When he is not teaching his graduate students, researching how to empower youth or advising governments, he writes 'The adventures of Filomena' a series of children's books designed to foster intergenerational conversations to sustain an inclusive world.