A psychologist by training and a Quaker by convincdment, Kate McNally has worked as a university professor and as a management consultant in the US and Canada. She has represented Quakers at the Council of Europe and worked with the Quaker Council for European Affairs on projects related to forced migration, racism, and vicarious trauma among humanitarian aid workers. She is an elder and associate tutor at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre where she teaches courses on anti-racism. She is a frequent contributor to the British magazine The Friend and is a certified chocolate taster and judge. She lives in Brussels and blogs at http://bravespaces.blog