Vanessa Lee Christensen graduated with an M.A. in Education & Human Development from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She is daughter to an American father and Taiwanese mother and grew up in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand. As an adult, Vanessa lived in Japan where she worked in education with children. She is the author of the BABY GO! series with Gloo Books which offers parents and young readers a fun and educational way to explore colors, shapes, numbers, and sensory experiences through travel in six board books (Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Mexico, France…and more on the way). Vanessa's writing is inspired by her own global travels and life abroad.