MARY RUTH QUINN graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a BA in political science, did doctoral work in Human Development (ABD) at the University of Chicago, and finished study at the Graduate Theological Union. In the three decades since, she created classes and retreats for numerous profit and non-profit organizations. In her local community, she advocated new ways in which parenting and education can beneficially be re-imagined. Her longtime private practice of counseling focuses on integrative healing and teaching.