Jen­nifer Krebs is a writer based in the San Fran­cis­co Bay Area and New York’s Catskills moun­tains. A sec­ond-gen­er­a­tion Holo­caust descen­dant, she draws on her family’s lived expe­ri­ence to explore the lega­cy of mem­o­ry, trau­ma, and resilience. She has trav­eled to vis­it her family’s homes in Europe. She has been speak­ing about her Jew­ish iden­ti­ty and sec­ond-gen­er­a­tion expe­ri­ence since her child­hood. She is semi-retired from a career work­ing to study and pro­tect the nat­ur­al resources of the Bay Area.