Award winning translator and children’s author, Jessica Dunrod, is a champion for ethical translation practice and positive representation in children’s literature.

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Jessica holds a bachelors and masters degree in Translation Studies from Cardiff University where she served as Co-chair of the Cardiff University Student Race Equality Steering Group.

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Fluent in Spanish and Modern Greek, trailblazer Jessica Dunrod is an inclusive language specialist with extensive experience in supporting academia and corporate businesses engaging in international commerce and communications.

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Jessica became the first Black children’s author born in Wales since releasing Outstanding and Your Hair is Your Crown in English and Welsh language which she wrote to counteract The Doll Test (Brown University) which proved that behaviours such as unconscious bias, are acquired by primary school age.

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essica expanded on this research by coining The Elsa Affect Theory which theorises/argues a child’s early development is negatively impacted by a lack of representation in entertainment, marketing literature and aimed at children.

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By translating the needed representation into Welsh literature with diverse 6 titles written by Black authors, Jessica again made Welsh history when she established  the Lily Translates AwDuron Fund (Confra AwDuron) in collaboration with Muddied Meithrin, Jessica successfully embarked on the greatest single effort to diversify Welsh literature to date though fundraising to cover the Welsh translation costs of Black and underrepresented children’s authors, to establish their titles as Welsh literature.