Massa Aboujeib

Massa Aboujeib

Middle East & North Africa, Syria, 2016

As the Co-Founder of Draw & Smile, Massa Aboujeib is an art-preneur, children's books writer, and illustrator that develops art therapy activities in schools and communities across the Middle East to support people coping and dealing with war suffering and trauma. While in the U.S., Aboujeib worked with Kids for Peace in San Diego, California, where she Massa produced and designed a compilation children's book titled "Kindness Matters: 50 Ways to Create a Kinder World, launching her solo fundraising painting exhibition titled "Faces of Peace" which contained 35 exquisite art pieces, and implemented a "Peace through Art" program for immigrant students at a low income school. Now in the U.S., Aboujeib has written and illustrated many educational art books and stories for children.  Her most recent book is "How to Live in Peace" , which was launched in Syria, Lebanon, and the U.S.