Fighting Words is a creative writing organisation for young people founded in 2009 by Roddy Doyle and Sean Love. Its mission is to help young people explore and unleash their imagination and writing talents. Through storytelling, the organisation empowers participants to become resilient, innovative, and proactive in shaping their own futures. They provide free school workshops and additional extracurricular activities in creative writing and related arts programs. Currently, they operate from twenty centres across Ireland, including Fighting Words NI in Belfast.

Kasia is an Award-winning multidisciplinary artist, Director of Kildare Jazz Festival, Sound Healer, Artistic Director of Ta Tum Tum! (interactive project exploring Brazilian Culture with live music), Little Dream (multisensory theatre with sound bath), Healing Bridges (project exploring community, healing, rituals and the connection between the past and the present through music and movement) and Earthing (contemporary music inspired by Climate Change soundscapes). She is also a vocalist and a band leader of a 9-piece band. Kasia is also an Artistic Director of Get Together, a collaborative project that brings together people with Down Syndrome and established artists from various art forms.

Monica Muñoz is originally from Barcelona and has been based in Dublin since 2015. She graduated from the Folkwang University of the Arts under the direction of Pina Bausch. As a dancer, she has been working for over 25 years across Europe and has performed with companies such as Tanztheater Heidlberg-Freiburg, Cie Drift, Rui Horta, Konstantinos Rigos, Public in Private, Malou Airaudo, and more.
In Ireland, she has collaborated with CoisCeim as a performer, assistant, and teacher. Over the past years, she has been focusing on creating dance experiences for and with young people presented in theatre venues, libraries, schools, and outdoor spaces.
Recent credits include “Princesses Can Be Pirates,” which has been performed internationally, and “Fall and Float.” In 2021, she was commissioned by Tipperary Dance to create a dance piece for schoolyards titled “UP-CLOSE.” Monica was the third Early Years John Coolohan Artist in Residence at The Ark, 2021-22. She teaches dance in community and education contexts, including the University of Limerick, Creative Schools, Arts Council, and Creative Hubs from Dublin City Council.