About the Author: Laura M.B. Brown has been teaching children in the performance arts for nearly fifteen years in between national and international tours performing in some of the best ballet companies in the country. She is the winner of the Dorothy Mullins Humanities Award for work with Inner-City Youth and the After School Matters Grant for work with at risk Chicago youth. She is the founder of Advocate Arts, a non-profit reaching out to children who have been abused or sexually trafficked or are considered high risk. When she is not attempting to save the children of the world through the...