Brid­get Hod­der, Sephardic daugh­ter and grand­daugh­ter of Holo­caust sur­vivors, is the author or co-author of three chil­dren’s books. Her work has received awards and recog­ni­tion from the Harold Grin­spoon Foun­da­tion, the Inter­na­tion­al Lit­er­a­cy Asso­ci­a­tion, and oth­ers. She’s Chair of Van­der­bilt Uni­ver­si­ty’s Grad­u­ate School Advi­so­ry Board and co-direc­tor of the 5300+ strong com­mu­ni­ty, ​“Our Sephardic Fam­i­ly.” She has ded­i­cat­ed her life to child advo­ca­cy and loves pre­sent­ing at schools and events nationwide.