Date: 6th of December 2021
Time: 11:45am to 12:00pm
Venue: Melb Connect (University of Melbourne)
Session Type: Presentation
Participants: Grace O’ Hara and Paty Galan from Small Fires.

Paty Galán

Co-Founder
Small Fires

Paty is a designer with a passion for children's education and a love for books. Born in Mexico City and now exploring the Northern Territory in Australia. Paty loves creating learning experiences for her children in their beautiful multilingual and multicultural family. Small Fires is her way to create a kinder and more emphatic world.

As a child, Paty’s favourite game was bailar el trompo (winding a spinning top) and hide-and-seek. She wanted to be an Olympic synchronised swimming champion and a professional Mexican Folk dancer when she grew up.

• About Small Fires: Small Fires makes books and educational toys that do good for curious young minds and the world they live in. We make it delightful to learn about difference and to learn differently, with multilingual stories and games that celebrate diversity. We reinvest our profits into the makers behind each sustainable made product as well as nurturing more emerging creatives. 

• Website: https://smallfires.co

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