Sarah Pollock’s career includes writing, editing, managing publications, and teaching. She headed Mills College’s journalism program and has been senior editor at Mother Jones, editor in chief at Pacific Discovery (California Academy of Sciences’ natural history magazine), features editor at the Oakland Tribune, and staff writer at Newsday and the Hartford Courant. She serves on the board of Bay City News Foundation, and has served on boards of the Journalism & Women Symposium, First Amendment Project, and Julia Morgan School for Girls. She has written book chapters, and articles for Mother Jones, Afar, Sierra, San Francisco Chronicle, and California.