Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren is a humanitarian and mental health advocate who pioneered the first therapeutic mental health court in the United States, dedicated to the safe decriminalization of people with mental illness and neurological disorders, with the goals of breaking arrest cycles and promoting recovery and public safety. Judge Lerner-Wren is an adjunct professor in Nova Southeastern University’s College of Psychology. She lives in Broward County, Florida.

Rebecca A. Eckland is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in TAYO: Literary Magazine, Hotel Amerika, and Weber: The Contemporary West.