Judit Szente is Professor of Early Childhood at the University of Central Florida, USA. Her research interests include the education of children caught in disasters, early childhood teacher education, and international collaborations. She is a former United Nations Representative of the Association for Childhood Education International and participated in teaching/learning programs in Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Ethiopia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, and the United States. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the 'Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education' and an Editorial Board Member of 'Educating the Young Child: Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice.'