Shannon O'Brien started her career as a photojournalist, working for newspapers in Ohio and South Florida. She returned to graduate school to earn an MFA in creative nonfiction and has been working in higher education ever since. She currently serves as an assistant editor and social media strategist at Williams College, where she takes an interdisciplinary approach to storytelling through a variety of digital and print platforms, and assists the editor in chief in producing the award-winning Williams Magazine. When she’s not working, she can be found at her home in southern Vermont, reading, hiking, enjoying time with her husband and rescue animals (two dogs, two guinea pigs, and one kitten), and trying to improve her vegan cooking and baking skills.