WOW do we have HEROES! Art Miles has our own HEROES that we honor and there are more earning our respect and admiration all the time…Art Mile Advocates like Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Hillary and Bill Clinton for the Bosnian Women’s Initiative, Oprah Winfrey, Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau, Dr. Angel Escudero, from Spain, Peter Copen (founder of iEARN and visionary/mentor), Atsuko and Yaso Shiwaku; Japan and the International Intercultural Mural Exchange, Justin Siberell, Qais Al Sindy and Thamer Dawood from Iraq, Constance and Steve Rogers; (Mr. and Mrs. Art!), Ferry Ebert (the legendary storyteller-Vladomir Runzelshuh) from Austria, Fauzia Minallah; our ARTIVIST in Pakistan, Richard Nhieu, Slater Jewell-Kemker, Ally Woodard Karina Sanchez, Mavis Herrera, and Chloe Fugate—Peace Paint Ambassadors EXTRAORDINAIRE, Rollie De Leon; 6 miles of murals in the Philippines! And Roni in Indonesia, Moises and Alicia Godoy with our Indigenous Mile; Jihon Kim in Seoul, Dr. Carolle from Haiti, Deanna Kuhn, Michael Nguyen, Karena Mendoza our long time friend, composer and vocalist from South Africa and the Women of Srebrenica, Beba , Zehra and Ekmecic in Bosnia (we love them), Mark Princevalle for helping us get started, Lee Seto, Stella Yu in Denver and Art Street, Dr. Martin and Mrs. Sharon Rosenstein from Rotary, Peter Segal, Katharine Kubichan and the UNA San Diego, Maria Bader and Bernhardt from the Informatik School in Austria, Stefanie in France, Mohsen Shaalan, lst Secretary, Minister of Culture, Farouk Wahba, Tarek Naga and Gwendolyn Cardno in Egypt for believing and helping, Donald Suxho in Abu Dhabi, and our beloved and dearly missed Laurel Burch, Cady Macasa, Patty Roberts, Jason Raize (star of Lion King on Broadway).