"Helen, she gives us light so we can see where we can go. We like that very much, we Africans."

Jacobeth "Puna " Motsomane Mafikeng, Bophutatswana

"...in straightforward practical steps Ms. May's guidance inspires workers to focus on what matters to them, their families, their community. She has a way of encouraging people to work together... she imparts a sense of possibility to those with whom she's working - a willingness to feel " I can " in themselves- a true trailblazer she is! "

Terence McCulloch former Director of Forestry for Shell South Africa, Kwa-Zulu -Natal

" It does take a village to raise a child--our sacred obligation--but we are in need of a reminder.......we have found her. This woman of vision reaches into the heart of a community respectfully--in a friendly professional manner. We love her stories as she loves ours...."

L.M. Mangope Chief of the Ba'Hurutse

" Although her stories are personal she invites you into the world she's describing with such eloquence that the story becomes your own - somehow! "

a member of the audience at the Vancouver Society of Storytelling 2007 International Festival

" Helen speaks of the process of finding meaning and purpose in our lives through our stories... well! If you could hear her telling " Carry the Fire" you'd experience the power of encouragement and more..."

a member of the audience at the Vancouver Society of Storytelling 2008 International Festival

"... I'd never heard a professional storyteller before. How does she do that? Wow! "

CEO to the organizer of a Rotary Club Fund-raising event 2008

" I discovered that Helen and I each spoke an indigenous native language in our early lives-she in Africa - I in Northern Manitoba. We have favourite words that live in the territory of the heart. These words are only spoken when a certain memory of feeling calls out to be evoked. Telling stories can do this - evoke."

James Nicholson 2007

" ... please thank Helen for hosting opening night again this year. Her natural warmth and dignity have a way of bringing the audience and the storyteller into a place of belonging with each other...plus she's organized!"

Vancouver Society of Storytelling 2008 International Festival