Rachel Crittenden is the founding editor & curator of Dear Life Mag. She graduated with her M.F.A. in Fiction from NYU’s Creative Writing Program in 2016, and, in the midst of her studies, she started her own boutique photography company, which now lives as @dearlifeinart—the portrait photography, fine art, & interior design branch of Dear Life, LLC.

In addition to her dedication to Dear Life and Dear Life Mag, Rachel is at work on a memoir, a YA historical fiction novel, and a cabaret. She writes, primarily, about body image, internalized shame, and how the wild happenings of life work to connect us all.