Karen Page is an author, early‑years educator, school leader, and lifelong expatriate. She teaches, writes, and works across continents, moving classrooms and homes from South Africa to Kazakhstan, Thailand to India, Jordan to Romania, the UAE to China, with her daughter at her side. Those journeys inform her books, workshops, and classroom practice. What she writes Blonde in Bangkok, Bombay, Beijing and Beyond — a warm, witty memoir of parenting on the road, cultural mishaps, street‑food dares, and the stubborn optimism that turns disasters into stories. Reggio Emilia in International Schools — practical guidance for adapting the Reggio Emilia approach across cultures, with classroom examples, documentation strategies, and lea Why it matters Her work blends lived experience, research, and classroom practice to help teachers, parents, and expat families create resilient, curious, and compassionate learning communities across borders.