Ashley Lauren Samsa is a high school English teacher and freelance writer in the south suburbs of Chicago, IL. Her work has appeared numerous places including The Guardian, The Huffington Post, In These Times, and Teaching Tolerance. She also writes at her own site, smallstrokesbigoaks.com, about gender roles, education, and lifestyle issues. She currently lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, Tim, and their adopted dogs, Penny and Bailey. You can follow her on twitter @samsanator
An award-winning writer and teacher, Judy Molland is also an avid hiker, backpacker, and nature lover. Her articles on education, the environment and women's rights, have appeared in numerous publications, and she is also the author of two books, Get Out! 150 Easy Ways for Kids and Grown-Ups to Get Into Nature and Build a Greener Future, and Straight Talk About Schools Today (both published by Free Spirit). She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she teaches Spanish. less