Wang Ping is a poet, writer, photographer, performance and multimedia artist. Her publications have been translated into multiple languages and include poetry, short stories, novels, cultural studies, and children's stories. Her multimedia exhibitions address global themes of industrialization, the environment, interdependency, and the people. She is the recipient of numerous awards, a professor of English, and founder of the Kinship of Rivers project. Eric Afuso's clothing designs have retailed at Macy's, Target, Walmart, Kmart, Peebles, Children's Place, Kohls. He is the illustrator of the best selling children's book, Dragons Don't Dance Ballet.