James Kiberd(I)

Attended the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania

In my role as National Ambassador for UNICEF I've found that a people, a culture is as good as the stories it tells about itself. Our stories tell us who we think we were, are, and will become. It's through our stories that we imbue the ethics, morals and values that are key to the survival of a culture and its people. A child asking to be told a story again is reaching for a tool that will serve a lifetime. When a people's story telling falters they have lost a clear sense of who they are and their world is in decline.