According to the National Storytelling Network, Dr. Kevin Cordi has made it his personal crusade to share the rich value of story making and storytelling. He has told stories in more than 40 states, and in England, Japan, Scotland, Canada, and Qatar. A leading advocate for youth storytelling, Cordi has served as Executive Director for the National Youth Storytelling Olympics, now National Youth Storytelling Showcase. He created Voices Across the World Youth Storytelling Project, which hosted youth storytelling groups from the United States, Japan, and Canada. Now he is Assistant Professor at Ohio Dominican University and he also serves as a Co-Director for the Columbus Area Writing Project at OSU.