Danielle V. Cohen was born and raised in the sub­urbs of Long Island, New York and cur­rent­ly resides in the Hud­son Val­ley. She earned her under­grad­u­ate degree from Bard Col­lege in 2023 with a major in vocal per­for­mance. Danielle is cur­rent­ly a stu­dent at Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­si­ty in the Mas­ter of Arts in Writ­ing pro­gram. She writes poet­ry, per­son­al essays, and works of fic­tion. This is her first pub­lished piece and she is beyond grate­ful to the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil for the opportunity.