Jess GalatolaJessica Galatola is
a teacher and mother to two young boys and she loves sunshine and all things
playful. Jess comes from a large family - Italian father from Sicily, mother
from Cardiff, Wales. She has lived in Australia all her lifeand has been based
in QLD since she was 5 years old. As a teacher, Jess has worked in the
education sector for fifteen years, specialising in English and Drama secondary
teaching. In 2020, when her own family unit changed dramatically, Jess wrote
this book, Some Families Change, for her boys (at the time aged two and
four) to help them understand the changes that their family was about to
navigate. Jessica has a passion for helping young people to heal and build
resilience and self-efficacy and believes that literature is a foundational and
fundamental step in helping young people to understand the world and their
place in it.