Judith Costello, M.A., ATR-BC is a registered art therapist. She is a busy freelance writer who writes for many magazines, including Christian Science Monitor, Focus on the Family, Spirituality & Health, Grit, St. Anthony Messenger, New Mexico Kids!and various other publications. For seven years she was an art therapist with critically ill children. She has taught at Flagler College in Florida and at Southwestern College in New Mexico. She is an artist, and has displayed her work in galleries around the country. Judith founded Parenting With Spirit, a nationally distributed magazine dedicated to examining child rearing from a spiritual perspective. It was published quarterly for 6 1/2 years and continues to be a highly respected website resource.

Judith Costello lives in Moriarty, New Mexico.