Pamela ReitmanPamela Reitman is an award-winning writer with numerous publications in literary journals, news outlets, and magazines. She has a BA cum laude in English from Columbia and an MPH from the University of California Berkeley. She is retired from a caree in public health and community service aimed at reducing the stigma of mental illness. Ms. Reitman was a past director of Makor Or: A Jewish Meditation Center in San Francisco. She is lay ordained in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition. She lives in Northern California with her husband. Read More Read Less