Rachel Somer­stein is an asso­ciate pro­fes­sor of jour­nal­ism at SUNY New Paltz. She has writ­ten for The Wash­ing­ton Post, Guer­ni­ca, and Wired, among many oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. Invis­i­ble Labor is her first book. She lives in the Hud­son Val­ley with her family.