Jesse Sposato (she/her) is a journalist, essayist, editor, and former drummer living in the Catskills. She particularly likes to write and edit stories about feminism, health and wellness, culture, friendship, and parenting. Currently, she is the executive editor at Narratively; she is also working on a collection of essays about coming of age in the suburbs, and a grief memoir. Jesse currently teaches a series of personal essay classes at Narratively Academy, where she also does one-on-one critiques. She is also a frequent guest speaker on panels for organizations like Girls Write Now, and in classes, appearing at schools such as The New School, Endicott College, and more. In her “free time,” she volunteers at Solitary Watch, and, occasionally, at her local radio station, NPR affiliate WJFF Radio Catskill, interviewing artists and community members for the magazine-style show, Radio Chatskill.

Jesse wrote Urban Campers, a series about people living in RVs in NYC, for New York Magazine’s Bedford + Bowery for over two years, and she has been a regular contributor to Refinery29 and KQED Pop, to name a few. Her writing has also appeared on Vanity Fair, InStyle, Slate, Shondaland, HuffPost, Gloria, The Bump, Healthline, Business Insider, and many others.

Additionally, she cofounded Sadie Magazine, an online counterculture publication, which she edited for six years. Jesse has received an MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia University, and been awarded residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Vermont Studio Center. She was once selected for The Big Jewcy, Jewcy’s list of 100 people they think “deserve to be recognized.” She has also been in bands such as Love Tribe, Holy Hail (who toured with Florence and the Machine), and Goodnight Gunfight.