Jean Katz

Born in Iowa, Jean now lives in Los Angeles, California. She works as a consultant with school districts and non-profit organizations, facilitating organizational planning. Her poetry and essays have been published in ONTHEBUS, Spillway, Rattle, Writing for Your Life, The American Rabbi, The Journal of Learning Disabilities, The Journal of Career Educators, Inflections, and FutureSearching. In 1979-80 she co-founded the Los Angeles Very Special Arts Festival at the Music Center, celebrating the performing and visual arts skills of children and adults with disabilities.