Mwendie Mbugua is a communication practitioner, author, and Sundance Theatre Lab Artist in Residence. She has always had a passion for theatre and been involved in staging several Easter and Christmas musicals in her hometown of Nairobi, Kenya. In 2016, her dream of being an author was realised, and she launched her first children’s book Don’t turn off the lights! She currently lives in California with her husband and two children.