IN CONVERSATION WITH ESTER ORTEGA, ILLUSTRATOR OF EVERYDAY CITIZENSHIP

This week, we chatted with Ester Ortega, the illustrator of “Everyday Citizenship”. We dived into her experience with the project, discovering how she got involved and gaining insight into her feelings while working on this book.

How and why did you get involved in this project?

“Everything starts with a conversation” was a phrase that a friend told me at one point in my life. I became involved in this project because of a personal relationship with Simon Duffy, a friend, a teacher, a man who is transforming the world. If Simon sees fit for me to collaborate on something, I can and will only say, “Yes.”

What did you find most rewarding about being involved in this project?

I have loved thinking and thinking about what the keys to citizenship bring to people’s lives.

Can you describe what it was like when you read the first complete manuscript?

I felt that it was genius to be able to use simple and clear words for a concept as abstract as citizenship. I felt the excitement of having a powerful tool for social change in my hands.