Kimmi is an author, educator, and mother of two boys. For the past decade, she has taught memoir, humor, and creative writing to adults through various continuing education programs — Mediabistro, Gotham Writers' Workshop, UCLA Extension Writers' Program, The Open Center, and New York Writers Workshop — and now has a private practice, helping clients get literary agents and book deals. She also works with teenagers on their college essays. Seeing firsthand the depression, anxiety, and lack of agency among teenagers, boys, in particular, contributed to her desire to co-found BUILD UP BOYS with Paul Bartick.
