Adelyn "Addy" Sophie Newman-Ting
Adelyn “Addy” Sophie Newman-Ting is the junior editor of Harmony Online Journal and a student of St Micheal’s University School in Victoria, British Columbia. She is a gold award-winning Indigenous Child Author of ‘Finding the Language’ in the Voices of Future Generations Children’s Initiative. On her father’s side, she is Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish indigenous, as well as English, Irish, and Scottish, and on her mother’s side, she is Chinese from Taiwan. Her Indigenous name is Kesugilakw meaning leader of people, and her Chinese name is Ting Li-Wen meaning pretty flower cloud. Addy enjoys dancing, baking, jump roping, and singing, and she is an avid reader, writer, and artist, who loves to spend time with her puppy Harriet. Addy hopes that her books will raise awareness for the climate, and the importance of saving Indigenous languages and cultures.