Ron Grady earned a master's in early childhood education from the Erikson Institute in child development and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Stanford University. Ron has been working with children and families for nearly a decade in both research and applied contexts and is currently a teacher at NOLA Nature School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ron also serves as a consulting editor for Young Children and is the author and illustrator of a children's book due out in 2023 with Penguin/Paulsen. His writing has appeared in Young Children, Teaching Young Children, and Exchange.