Sarah Saffian (MFA, Columbia) is the author of Ithaka, her memoir of being an adoptee who was found by her birth family. Formerly a journalism professor at NYU and the New School and a memoir teacher at Sarah Lawrence, Sarah has written for publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian, and Yoga Journal, and has been a writer-in-residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Millay Colony. As a psychotherapist (LCSW-R, NYU), Sarah counsels individuals and groups, and blends her areas of interest and expertise in Therapeutic Writing, using memoir prompts to encourage deeper reflection, processing, and discovery. This is Sarah’s fourteenth summer at the Festival. Please come visit: saffian.com.