Based in Hungary, Réka Bakos is the co-editor of Hungarian Roots & American Dreams: Tracing Personal History, a collection of stories celebrating Hungarian-American heritage. As the leader of the broader Hungarian Roots & American Dreams initiative, she fosters storytelling and community building. Inspired by her great-grandparents, who emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s, she also founded rootStories to help individuals explore and document their family histories.