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Dan Rubins is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hear Your Song, a 501(c)(3) organization that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. After launching Hear Your Song as an undergraduate organization while a sophomore at Yale University, Dan led the organization's national and virtual expansion in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Hear Your Song has helped over 250 kids ages 6-18 in 27 states and 6 countries write their own songs with the support of hundreds of volunteer musicians around the world. A musical theater and opera composer himself, Dan also holds an MA in Elementary Inclusive Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King's College London/Shakespeare's Globe. About ...