About the Author

Gail Wilson-Giarratano is the executive director and vice-president of the education-focused nonprofit City Year, in Columbia, South Carolina. She holds a BA in art from Winthrop University, an MS in leadership and policy from Wheelock College in Boston and a PhD in leadership and decision sciences from Walden University. Gail currently resides in Lake Carolina community of Columbia, South Carolin, a with her blues musician husband Anthony Charles (Giarratano) and their dog Adelina Bambini.