Martha Readyoff has been a Montessori teacher since 2001 at the same school she once attended as a student. She has been vegan since 2010. Her current project is developing a website that can be used as a forum for Montessori teachers to discuss vegan issues and curriculum. She is a poet, an occasional baker (vegan, of course), and a creative dabbler. Her book of poetry, Little Lives (Antrim House Books, 2022), is a celebration of language, nature, and the vulnerable beings of the world. Intelligence of Love is her first book of nonfiction.