Mol­ly Rit­vo is a writer and author liv­ing in Burling­ton, VT. She has been writ­ing for her whole life, begin­ning when she was select­ed as the class poet in the 1st grade. Her work has been pub­lished by Upstreet Lit­er­ary Mag­a­zine, the Jew­ish Writ­ing Project, Tiny Bud­dha, Ele­phant Jour­nal, Moth​er​.ly, PJ Library, At the Well, and more. She holds a BA from Tufts Uni­ver­si­ty and an MFA in Cre­ative Writ­ing from Emer­son Col­lege. Mol­ly has worked as a free­lance writer, a com­mu­ni­ca­tions spe­cial­ist for many dif­fer­ent orga­ni­za­tions, and a jour­nal­ist. She is cur­rent­ly writ­ing her debut nov­el, a col­lec­tion of Jew­ish themed poet­ry, and work­ing as a com­mu­ni­ca­tions con­sul­tant and grant writer. Her most impor­tant role is being a mom to her daugh­ter, Jimi. Find out more about Mol­ly and read more of her writ­ing at mol​lyrit​vo​.com.