Martin Travers From the UK is an international muralist and professional visual artist with a background in graffiti and street art. He travels the world painting murals and working on large scale community arts projects. His goal is building positive creative alternatives for “at risk” youth and he frequently uses hip hop as a means to that end. Martin has been giving workshops on youth empowerment through the arts for more than 15 years. He found this calling while living in California and has been a workshop facilitator in juvenile prisons around the Netherlands and in South Africa for the organization Young in Prison. He is the co-founder of Kala Sikchya Initiative, a project that aims to bring art permanently on to the curriculum of low-income schools in Nepal. He is certified in “Youth Arts” through the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Dublin.

Kiran is a Surinamese/Dutch music producer, trainer and storyteller with a background in Psychology. As a youngster rapping was a tool to reflect and to express himself. It helped him to transpire and transform into the person he is today. Through the lens of hip hop Kiran delivers music producing and storytelling workshops with Young in Prison. For Young in Prison, Kiran has travelled to South-Africa, Portugal, Greece and Afghanistan, delivering training and workshops for and with youth in conflict with the law. He also is a trainer and facilitator at Young Happy Minds, an organization that seeks to increase wellbeing for young people through the lens of positive psychology. Kiran has a degree in interactive design, a bachelor Applied Psychology (BSc) and a Master Social Psychology (MSc).