Tracey Martin is a poet and lives in North Tyneside. She was director of the Quaker Council for European Affairs from 2022 to 2025and before that the coordinator of peace, social justice and climate crisis programme at Woodbrooke. She has lived and worked in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, The Gambia and Belgium. She is an avid reader and is interested in the history and art of textiles. She loves being outdoors.