About - Raising World Children

Champion of Third Culture Kids & Messy First Drafts

About Aditi Wardhan Singh

Founder, Author, Book Editor, Speaker & Coach

Aditi Wardhan Singh’s journey into writing did not begin with a degree, a mentor, or a publishing contract. It began quietly – sitting on the floor of bookstores, notebook in hand, studying grammar guides, dissecting novels, and teaching herself what no one else was teaching her. She read like an apprentice. She copied passages. She made notes in the margins of her own dreams.

Before social media became what it is today, Aditi found her first writing community on Orkut. There, she learned something that would shape her career forever: the power of feedback. Writing wasn’t just about talent – it was about listening, revising, improving, and trying again. That lesson stayed with her.

Rejection came next. Seventy applications to magazines and publishers. Seventy attempts. Seventy moments where she could have stopped.

She didn’t.

Her breakthrough came with The Huffington Post. Soon after, she was writing for Thrive Global—founded by Arianna Huffington herself. It was, in her words, a “pinch me” moment. But more than prestige, it was proof that persistence works.

After several years of professional writing, Aditi noticed a pattern in the stories people were sharing with her—families navigating multiple cultures, children wrestling with identity, parents searching for language to explain belonging. So she built what she couldn’t find: Raising World Children.

With consistency and heart, she led a team of 35 writers, publishing three a week - offering actionable, research-backed, and deeply personal guidance for multicultural families and third culture kids. Those articles eventually became her book, Strong Roots Have No Fear, a collection of lived wisdom for families raising children between worlds. It went onto become Top Ten Finalist at the prestigious global Author Academy Awards.

Then she entered children’s publishing.

When she wrote How Our Skin Sparkles, she was told it wouldn’t sell. The market, she was advised, wasn’t ready. But Aditi had spent years listening to families. She knew otherwise. The book became an instant bestseller. It went on to win multiple awards and earned the coveted “Teachers’ Pick” distinction on Amazon. It resonated because it was honest, joyful, and necessary. It was even read by the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson on her Storytime channel!

She continued building her Sparkling Me series while quietly expanding her impact behind the scenes – collaborating, networking, building community, editing, mentoring, and guiding multicultural authors who wanted to tell their stories well. Over time, her experience deepened, and so did the scope of her work. Today, she has helped publish over 300 books and has supported many authors in launching their own independent publishing brands with clarity and confidence.

In 2022, after briefly attempting a traditional 9–5 role that her health—particularly chronic migraines—would not allow her to sustain, Aditi leaned fully into what people had been asking her to do for years: teach. She began tutoring children in creative writing and ELA, helping them build strong foundations in language, structure, and storytelling. Since then, she has coached hundreds of students, nurturing not just academic skills, but creative courage.

In 2024, she entered the world of bilingual publishing. After a brief stint as a Hindi teacher, she recognized that traditional school models often fail third culture kids who are trying to hold on to their heritage languages while growing up elsewhere. The materials were either too rigid, too outdated, or disconnected from the lived realities of multicultural children. So she began building what was missing—a thoughtful, developmentally sound Hindi curriculum designed specifically for bilingual learners navigating identity, language, and belonging at the same time.

At her core, Aditi is an avid reader, a lifelong learner, and a teacher who believes storytelling is a form of strength. Whether she is guiding an adult author through their first manuscript, building curriculum for bilingual families, or helping a child find the right word in a sentence, her work is rooted in empathy and rigor.

Her mission has remained steady from the bookstore floors to bestselling lists:
to help people understand who they are, tell their stories well, and build strong roots – so they never have to fear where they belong.