Leah Vin­cent is a writer and activist. The first per­son in her fam­i­ly to go to col­lege, she went on to earn a mas­ter’s in pub­lic pol­i­cy from the Har­vard Kennedy School. In addi­tion to writ­ing for var­i­ous pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing The Huff­in­g­ton Post and The Jew­ish Dai­ly For­ward, she is an advo­cate for reform with­in ultra-Ortho­doxy and for the empow­er­ment of for­mer ultra-Ortho­dox Jews seek­ing a self-deter­mined life. She works with Foot­steps, the only orga­ni­za­tion in the Unit­ed States sup­port­ing for­mer­ly ultra-Ortho­dox individuals.