Cathy Cultice Lentes recently retired from teaching ,and advocating for students with disabilities as part of the Special Education/Psychology team in Meigs County, Ohio. In 2016, she published a poetry chapbook, Getting The Mail (Finishing Line Press). In addition to poetry, Lentes writes creative nonfiction, and a variety of poetry and stories for children. She earned her MFA in Writing for Young People from the Solstice Program in 2013.