{"id":23347,"count":3,"description":"I\u2019m Kristin with an \u201cin\u201d in a world where everyone, even autocorrect, spells it with an \u201cen.\u201d\r\nI write children\u2019s picture books that contain both humor and heart.\r\nI am a sociologist with a PhD in Sociology and Gender & Women\u2019s Studies from Loyola University Chicago and I have taught in the university sector for twenty years.\r\nI am an advocate and change-maker serving in various leadership capacities in the equity sector to advance progressive policies, mobilize resources and direct energies toward creating a more just, safe, equal and sustainable world.\r\nI brave urban life in Toronto with my husband and our trilogy of sons and relish my time by the lake north of the city during the summer months.\r\nI am a popcorn and Popsicle aficionado and I am madly in love with our goofy Bernedoodle.","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/?tag=kristin-blakely","name":"Kristin Blakely","slug":"kristin-blakely","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tags\/23347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&tags=23347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}