Michele Weldon is emerita faculty in journalism at the Medill School, Northwestern University, where she taught for 18 years. She is director of the Northwestern Public Voices Fellowship through The OpEd Project, where she is a senior leader. She is also editorial director of Take The Lead Women and author of four nonfiction books, including her latest, “Escape Points: A Memoir,” which was named one of the best books of 2015 by Booklist of the American Library Association. She has contributed chapters in seven other books and anthologies. Her commentary appears in outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, CNN, Cosmopolitan, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Pacific Standard, Quartz, Slate and more. She serves on the advisory boards of Life Matters Media, Between Friends, Global Girl Media and Sarah’s Inn. Michele is a former board member of JAWS and is the mother of three grown sons.