Rose McGee is a facilitator, author, Creator of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie: a catalyst for caring and building community is a recent Bush Fellow, a Minnesota 50 Over 50, featured in the PBS documentary A Few Good Pie Places, and has a TEDx Talk The Power of Pie. She works as a Program Officer with Minnesota Humanities, is author of Story Circle Stories, Kumbayah the Juneteenth Story, and Sleep With a Virgin a Perspective on AIDS. In 2021 Minnesota Historical Society Press will release her children’s book, Can’t Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama. She resides in Golden Valley where she was recently recognized as Citizen of the Year.