A psychologist by training, Kate McNally worked as a university professor and as a management consultant in the US and Canada. She has represented Quakers at the Council of Europe and worked with the Quaker Council for European Affairs on projects related to forced migration, racism, and vicarious trauma among humanitarian aid workers. She is an elder and associate tutor at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre where she teaches courses on anti-racism. She is a frequent contributor to the British magazine The Friend and is a certified chocolate taster and judge. A member of Westminster meeting, she lives in Belgium and blogs at http://bravespaces.blog