Julie Ger­sten­blatt holds a doc­tor­ate in Cur­ricu­lum and Instruc­tion from Teach­ers Col­lege, Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty, and has taught every­thing from mid­dle school to grad­u­ate school. Her essays have appeared in The Huff­in­g­ton Post, Kveller, Cognoscen­ti, and Grown & Flown, among oth­ers. A native New York­er, Julie now lives in coastal Rhode Island with her fam­i­ly and one very smart shi­chon poo.