Tricia Tunstall is co-author of Playing for Their Lives: The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music. She is a global advocate for the power of music education in socially engaged settings. Her previous book, Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music, won an ASCAP Award and the Prix Des Muses, and has been published in six languages. She is the co-founder and advisory editor of The Ensemble newsletter, the foremost publication/website connecting members of the international field of music education for social impact.