Alton Grizzle is a happily married husband and father who loves and respects all peoples. He works at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris as a programme specialist in communication and information. He manages UNESCO’s global actions on media and information literacy (MIL). He has pioneered many initiatives and authored articles and books, including on MIL and gender and media. Prior to working with UNESCO, he was an educator in Jamaica for ten years. He holds various degrees including a PhD in communication and journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.