Megan DeMatteo is a professional service journalist, a Yahoo! travel creator, and an editor whose work has appeared in major outlets and international publications. She holds a master's degree in creative writing from Lenoir-Rhyne University, as well as a graduate arts certificate in narrative healthcare. Her creative writing journey began with the personal diaries and mindfulness practices that helped her confront emotional truths she had long denied about how her identity as an adult child of an alcoholic shaped her life and behaviors. Through writing, she learned to gather, reassemble, and, finally, love the fractured pieces of her story--insight that now helps her understand the emotional and psychological challenges faced by people with similar backgrounds. She makes her home in the Mid-Atlantic, between Baltimore and New York City.