About August Thomas
August Thomas is from rural New England. At age eighteen, after graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with two bachelor’s degrees and the 21st Century Leaders Award, she studied in Ankara on a Critical Language Scholarship and later returned to Turkey as a Fulbright Scholar. Thomas holds master’s degrees from the University of Edinburgh and from Bogaziçi, Istanbul’s top public university. She has also worked as a travel writer.
About Rebekkah Ross
Rebekkah Ross is an actor, singer, writer, producer, and Earphones Award–winning narrator. She is a founding partner and artistic director of SparkPlug Productions, a non-profit multimedia production company. She is also a company member of Food for Thought Productions and has starred as Vanessa Fitzgerald in Handsome Town, an internet sitcom.