Kristine Fielding is the series editor for the Big Ideas readers.

Growing up on a potato farm near the Rocky Mountains, Kristine Fielding never dreamed she would travel to Taiwan to discover her passion: teaching English as another language. Since returning to the United States over twenty years ago, she has met many inspiring students from nearly every continent. She loves teaching, which led her to writing materials that use students’ experiences from their home countries to help them learn English as they discover new abilities in themselves.