Leah Vincent is a writer and activist. The first person in her family to go to college, she went on to earn a master’s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast , Salon, Unpious, Kveller, ZEEK, Time.com and The Jewish Daily Forward. She is an advocate for reform within ultra-Orthodoxy and for the empowerment of former ultra-Orthodox Jews seeking a self-determined life. The co-producer of the It Gets Besser project, Vincent is also a member and board member of Footsteps, an nonprofit organization that empowers former ultra-Orthodox Jews.