About us

Our team consists of a nurse, a creative writer and a photographer. Kate Irving is currently working in Dublin City University, where she is Professor of Clinical Nursing. She has had a significant leadership role in Irish dementia policy development and successfully led the national Dementia training initiative: Dementia Skills Elevator. Kate cares for her mother with dementia. For Kate as an academic, a nurse and a daughter, stories are data with a soul that help her connect to patients and relatives.

Cathy Fowley holds a PhD in Internet Research. Her autoethnographic work, often in poetry form, has been published in academic books and journals. She is a writer, poet, and facilitator of memoir writing. In her workshops, she helps older people gather stories and celebrate them, often in the form of a small book. For Cathy, stories are the way we communicate with each other, the way we understand what it is to be in this world.

Alex Kornhuber is a Peruvian photographer. He earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Ohio University and has spent over 30 years capturing vulnerable, transitory moments across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. His work has been exhibited around the world. He is an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) where he works in collaboration with neurologists and scientists. For Alex, stories are a way to create empathy and connect people.