Zipo­ra Klein Jakob holds aca­d­e­m­ic degrees in Lit­er­a­ture and His­to­ry. She was a high school His­to­ry teacher, a ped­a­gog­i­cal coun­selor for uni­ver­si­ty His­to­ry edu­ca­tion, and the man­ag­er of the Educator’s Pro­mo­tion Divi­sion at the Open Uni­ver­si­ty. She also coach­es memoirists.