Our mission
To inspire hope, preserve the magic of childhood, and teach future generations how to have healthy boundaries with technology
The Wandering Star book and app was initially created to inspire hope in children. Since then it's evolved into a mission to support mental well-being and teach healthy boundaries with technology.
After working with child psychologists and counselors, we've discovered that children are facing a unique set of challenges in 2022. These include low levels of self-esteem, high levels of anxiety, misreading of social queues and addictions to TV, video games and social media.
Wandering Star is our way of fighting that.
Our Team
A small team with a whole lot of heart. Brought to you by
Cameron Gibson
Clinical Lead
Hossein Maleki
Founder & President
Satel Creative
Cassey Wood
Unity Developer
Deb Ermel
Front-end UI Developer
Breanna Perry
Project Lead
Rahul Patidar
DevOps / QA Lead
Faria Zaman
Project Manager
Lishan Luo
Backend Developer
Alex Courchesne
Lead Developer
Anthony Candelas
Product Analyst
Customer Experience
Ceren Yamac
Marketing Coordinator
Suhas Hassain
Business Development and
Partnerships
Parisa Moghaddam
Graphic Designer
Board of Advisors
Amelia Soohoo
Co-Founder
GateMaker Community Marketing
Atta Emami
Leadership Coach
Shopify
Amber Papou
President & CEO
SelfDesign Learning Foundation
Dan Conway
VP, Ecommerce
Universal Music Group
Doug Crowe
Founder
Cosmic Llamas MarketingSpecial thanks to our contributors
Shyam Nathwani - Operations
Léah Michaud - Illustration Artist
Joanna Lee - Art Director
Josella Tan - Voice Over Artist (Soleil)
Cimarron Ballantyne - Privacy Lead
About The Team
Hossein Maleki - Author & Founder
Growing up as a lucky child in a middle-class family in Iran, I had a great childhood, surrounded with family and friends. When we moved to Canada in my early 20s, due to a set of unforeseen events, we began to have great financial hardships that forced me to drop out of university and work full-time to support my family. During these hard times, I felt helpless most days. I wish I had someone to tell me everything will be okay - that we would figure it out.
At the beginning of the pandemic, seeing how it affected parents around me, I felt that many people in the world have the same feeling of hopelessness. That is why my team and I at Satel Creative set out to create something to help with that. Our mission from day one has been to inspire hope in parents and children. And if we get to help just one parent feel more hopeful, this whole project is worth it. If we can help even one child feel more hopeful and calmer, all the endless days working on this, is worth it.
Children, with enabled imaginations, with close connection to their parents, are our best chance for a better, happier world. I hope the magic of Wandering Star helps with that, even in its own small way.