Julie Colacchio has taught Creative Writing, Literature, and Public Speaking at the high school and college level for over 20 years. She was a Teaching Assistant for "The Writer's Hotel" Mini-MFA conference and a Writing Fellow for the Hudson Valley Writing Project at SUNY New Paltz. Colacchio grew up on the Uintah Reservation in Utah, but now lives in suburban New York with her husband, three children, and 18 rescued animals.