Jes­si­ca Fein, a for­mer op-ed colum­nist for The Boston Globe, is a sea­soned media con­trib­u­tor, with forums includ­ing Huff­Post, Psy­chol­o­gy Today, Zib­by Mag, and Kveller. She bal­ances writ­ing, pod­cast­ing, moth­er­hood, and advo­ca­cy with her work as a senior mar­ket­ing exec­u­tive at a glob­al mul­ti-bil­lion-dol­lar edu­ca­tion com­pa­ny. She serves on the board of MitoAc­tion, the Mito­chon­dr­i­al dis­ease action com­mit­tee. She lives in Fram­ing­ham, MA.