NAZANIN AFSHIN-JAM is an international human rights and democracy activist, a public speaker and the co-founder and president of the Stop Child Executions organization. Born in Iran and raised in Vancouver, Afshin-Jam was appointed as a director on the board of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation by the Prime Minister's Office in 2008. She lives in Vancouver, Ottawa and Paris. Visit her online at nazaninafshinjam.com.