This site was initiated by the friends, family, clients, students, and children from around the world that Dawna Markova has passionately supported. It is a global portal for her work and her wisdom. By profession, Dr. Markova is a psychotherapist, a researcher, and a consultant to leaders of organizations from education to health care to corporations. She is an author and a storyteller, a parent and grandmother.

She has PhD 's in psychology and education. She has written seven books that have been translated into ten languages. She is one of the creators of the Random Acts of Kindness Series, a global movement that began with small storybooks and became a revolution. She has written for many publications, been a frequent guest on radio and television, and been a keynote speaker at dozens of events around the world.

Dr. Markova has worked in 3rd world classrooms and Global Corporate boardrooms. She has taught children no one else would teach, and helped senior executives and CEO's in ways no one else could.

She pays exquisite attention to people and to the world we are all living and growing in. She is the champion of the part of ourselves that we often forget. She is the torchbearer that lights the small cauldron of hope in each of us that we do matter in the world.

Currently Dawna and her team are distilling her life's work into an exciting and innovative online program called SmartWired that will empower millions of kids and parents around the world. Dawna is also writing a new book for Random House about creating an Asset-Focused Revolution.

The ancient redwood trees of Northern California, huge as they are, have a very shallow root system, yet they cannot be blown over by the strongest wind. The secret of their stability is the interweaving of each tree's roots with those that stand by it. Thus, a vast network of support is formed just beneath the surface. In the wildest of storms, these trees hold each other up.