Wanda Urbanska, producer/host of the nationally syndicated public television series, Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska, now in its fourth broadcast season, promotes environmental stewardship, thoughtful consumption, community involvement and financial responsibility. The daughter of a Polish Nazi-era refugee father, she is a graduate of Harvard University, who went on to a successful writing career in Los Angeles. She is the author of six books, and her work has appeared in such publications as The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Vogue and Glamour. She hosted the PBS primetime special, Escape from Affluenza, and has appeared on such programs as the Today Show, CBS This Morning and Oprah, and was heard on NPR’s All Things Considered. She has been featured in The New York Times and The London Daily Telegraph, among others. A popular episode of her series is "The Poland Special," which followed her 2004 visit to Poland to trace her family history. In 2006, she was awarded the Amicus Poloniae award at the International Polonaise Ball from Janusz Reiter, the Polish Ambassador to the US, for her efforts to promote development and cooperation between Poland and America.