“Ask Polly” advice columnist on Substack, essayist, and author
Senior Rabbi at North Shore Congregation Israel
Author and Clinical Professor of Fiction at New York University
Writer and educator
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Founder and CEO, Chicago Beyond
Award-winning essayist
Assistant Public Defender, Cook County Public Defender’s Office, and adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Writer, performer, and visual artist