3 SENTENCE STORY | My freshman English teacher said, “You’ll never be able to write well enough to major in English.” “If I want to write better,” I asked, “what should I do?” I’ve been conquering writing ever since.

EDUCATION | B.A., English, Yale University, Scholar of the House summa cum laude; M.A., English, University of Virginia; PhD, Princeton.

EXPERIENCE | Award-winning author, English + Women’s Studies prof at Princeton, Michigan, Rutgers. Started building “Digital Humanities” online communities in 1994 to get women writers into classrooms. 10 years in online marketing + community building. Goldman Sachs 10KSB. Techstars.

FUN FACT | I stayed up all night one Saturday in Jerusalem and Sunday AM walked down the Mount of Olives and prayed in 8 different churches.

3 SENTENCE STORY | I am a musician who stumbled his way into loving computer science. I developed enough systems successfully where companies decided to ‘punish’ me and make me their Chief Architect. I still love to develop systems, and I have an insatiable curiosity about all things tech.

EDUCATION | B.Sc., Comp Sci, State University of New York, M,Sc., Comp Sci, University of Arizona, Post-grad studies, CompSci, Courant Institute of Mathematics

EXPERIENCE | One of the first Windows developers on Wall Street. Ex-CEO of Magma Systems, a software development company. Most recently, Chief Architect of Citigroup, MetLife, and ADP. Still hands-on technical, and loves to code and architect systems and organizations.

FUN FACT | I play the marimba and I am an instrument-rated pilot.

3 SENTENCE STORY | Deciding to move to New York, and live so far away from my family in Florida was difficult. In early September 2001, I began driving up from Florida, and was staying in a Washington, D.C., hotel across from the Pentagon. Despite waking up on Sept. 11, 2001, to see black helicopters flying overhead, smoke on the horizon, and the attacks on the World Trade Center on television, I continued on my drive to New York.

EDUCATION | B.A., Journalism, University of Florida; M.A. Mass Communication, University of Florida.

EXPERIENCE | I began my career as a newspaper features writer, but a digital journalism course in graduate school changed my life as I fell into the emerging world of the Internet. My first jobs out of college were creating online communities during the early days of digital content. I also worked for a startup before the first dot-com boom went bust. Then when I moved to New York, I was web manager for a professional association, and that position gradually morphed into running operations and IT, with responsibilities over technology, AV, facilities, security, and emergency and disaster planning.

FUN FACT | I learned to speak Dutch so I could talk to my friends in Holland, but they only want to speak to me in English.

3 SENTENCE STORY | I am the first person in my family to go to college. The opportunity for higher education and meeting new people changed my life. I am working for all students to have the same chance because of someone I met 16 years ago.

EDUCATION | Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business

EXPERIENCE | I started working with students in an after school program 20 years ago. I have worked in both independent and public schools, along with supporting students through local non-profit organizations.

FUN FACT | As a track and cross country coach I have 15 state championships.

3 SENTENCE STORY | “You’re a writer; I can tell,” a family friend commented when I was 14. I raised my eyebrows at his assessment; though it rang true, the possibility of choosing such an unpredictable path terrified me. In spite of my fears, storytelling kept finding me over the years, and I have been embracing it ever since.

EDUCATION | B.A. in Iberian Studies from Wesleyan University. Studied Spanish with Linguistics at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy. National Achievement Scholar and SYA Spain alumna.

EXPERIENCE | Writer, content strategist, and editor with over seven years of professional marketing and blogging experience. Over 150 articles published online and in print.

FUN FACT | My goal is to write at least one novel every year. So far: two down, and many more to go!

THREE SENTENCE STORY | I’ve been a storyteller since I learned to speak. My childhood of playing make believe lead to a life in the arts. After years of traveling and searching for answers, I clicked my ruby red slippers and ended up back home.

EDUCATION | B.F.A., Theatre, New York University Tisch School of the Arts

EXPERIENCE | Actor, Writer, Story2 coach. 

FUN FACT | Played Romeo at age 11.

3 SENTENCE STORY | Always having an interest in computer science, I opted to major in psychology instead. As I worked in that field I realized it just wasn’t my thing. Ignoring everyone urging me to stay in the field, I followed my true passion and became a software engineer.

EDUCATION | Rutgers University, The Art Institute of California

EXPERIENCE | Software Engineer at Toyota Racing Development, Sr. Software Engineer at Talkspace

FUN FACT | I enjoy collecting comic books, toys and antiques in my free time.

3 SENTENCE STORY | I grew up drawing cartoons, writing terrible sci-fi stories, and honing my Austin Powers impression. I became an actor so I could bring some of the greatest stories in the world to life. At Story2, I’m excited to help you tell the story only you can tell.

EDUCATION | B.A., Comparative Literature, Princeton University

EXPERIENCE | Taught at several pre-college enrichment programs via Putney Student Travel and Julian Krinsky Camps & Programs; freelance writer, editor, and proofreader; professional stage, film, and television actor. Current writing projects: a podcast audio drama and a fantasy adventure novel for young readers.

FUN FACT | One of my first professional acting jobs was playing the Map in ‘Dora the Explorer Live!’

3 SENTENCE STORY | I live in a secluded forest by the Brooklyn Bridge. I am writing a book about the way humans share space with other animals. Three of my students were admitted to their reach colleges this year and credit their essays with their success.

EDUCATION | B.A., Philosophy, Reed College; M.A., PhD (in progress) Modern European Intellectual History, Cornell University.

EXPERIENCE | Taught for eight years as a full time faculty member of the Writing Program at Rutgers University, and for two years at the Knight Writing Institute at Cornell University.

FUN FACT | I lived for a year on a trawler in the Bering Sea between the Aleutian Islands and Siberia.

3 SENTENCE STORY | At age 11, I heard this quote and immediately scrawled it down in my bedazzled Lisa Frank journal: “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” In college, my readings on feminism led me to jot down a new quote in my (now leather-bound, purple, and much more subtle) journal: “What I do for myself, I do for all women.” I’m stoked to be working with a team that believes in making connections and empowering people to advocate for themselves through storytelling.

EDUCATION | B.A., Counseling Psychology, Moody Institute

EXPERIENCE | Co-founder and Volunteer Director of a Chicago-based anti-human trafficking organization. Nationally ranked canvasser at Amnesty International. I have over 15 years experience in hospitality, social services, and sociopolitical activism. Writer and musician.

FUN FACT | After I saw the solar eclipse from the path of totality in 2017, I was hooked, and am now a certified Eclipse Chaser.

3 SENTENCE STORY | Storytelling and performing caught my fancy when I was very small. I’ve been creating on stage and on camera ever since. It’s a privilege to now help others tell their stories too.

EDUCATION | B.F.A., Acting, University of Minnesota / Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program

EXPERIENCE | Professional actor, writer and filmmaker. Also provide writing, editing and digital media services through my production company, Blue Skies Media.

FUN FACT | A lover of detective stories since I was a kid, one of the first mysteries I wrote (at age 8) was entitled, ”The Case of the Missing Math Book.“

3 SENTENCE STORY | As a child, I had a knack for telling stories that were suspiciously more exciting than their real-life counterparts. As a teenager, I channeled this penchant for exaggeration into a few too many angsty poems about my feelings. As an adult, I like to think I’ve found my sweet spot: by day, encouraging young people to tell their stories compellingly; by night, spinning strange tales of magic, intrigue, and all-too-real human relationships.

EDUCATION | B.A. English: Creative Writing, summa cum laude, SUNY New Paltz

EXPERIENCE | Published writer of fiction, poetry, and essays, most recently online at Autostraddle and Wigleaf, and in print in Foglifter Journal. Prose editor for 3Elements Literary Review. Current coordinator of a literacy/mentorship program for elementary schoolers, and former facilitator of a book club and discussion group for LGBTQ+ high schoolers.

FUN FACT | I spent a year after college volunteering with the Workaway program, and living in three corners of the U.S. (Oregon, Maine, and Florida). I worked on a CSA farm, in a restaurant, and in a private home, gaining experience with another passion of mine: vegan cooking!

3 SENTENCE STORY | I am the son of an Argentinian immigrant. I lived for two weeks in the home of Ghana’s most famous traditional guitarist. I have been teaching writing for four years.

EDUCATION | B.A., Anthropology, Columbia University

EXPERIENCE | Spent three years teaching with Story2 so far. Holds one of Story2’s highest student admission success rates. Independently employed as a writing tutor in New York City.

FUN FACT | I played drums for a year with the acrobats, break dancers, and bucket drummers at 14th Street Union Square in New York, and had a speaking part in their comedy routine.