Since receiving a pink Five-Year Diary at age 10, Jill Carstens has navigated her life through the written word. A teacher for many years, she has enjoyed nurturing the creative and healing aspects of writing with her students. Since retiring from that vocation, she began a career in journalism, writing for several Colorado publications. She reflects on her parenting and teaching experiences in a regular column in the Denver North Star newspaper, Letters from Miss Jill. Writing to Save the World was a passion project that she hopes to do more of!