Artist Catharina van Hemessen in 1548

Wolayita or Wolaita is an administrative zone in Ethiopia. Wolayita is bordered on the south by Gamo Zone, on the west by the Omo River which separates it from Dawro, on the northwest by Kembata Zone and Tembaro Special Woreda, on the north by Hadiya, on the northeast by the Oromia Region, on the east by the Bilate River which separates it from Sidama Region, and on the south east by the Lake Abaya which separates it from Oromia Region. The administrative centre of Wolayita is Wolaita Sodo. Other major towns are Areka, Boditi, Tebela, Bale Hawassa, Gesuba, Gununo, Bedessa and Dimtu.

Self-Portrait is an oil on oak self-portrait executed by the Flemish Renaissance artist Catharina van Hemessen in 1548 when she was 20 years old. The portrait earned the artist a considerable reputation. It is significant for being one of the earliest paintings not only of a female of the early modern era but also of an artist in the act of painting. While self-portraits were common at the time, only a few, like those of Albrecht Dürer, showed the artist's everyday life. Artists of the time rarely directly referred to, much less showed the tools of their profession. It is assumed the portrait is one of the earliest to show a painter with a brush together with a palette and an easel.

Michelle Ann Rhee is an American educator and advocate for education reform. She was Chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools from 2007 to 2010. In late 2010, she founded StudentsFirst, a non-profit organization that works on education reform.