Mary Black joined Kohelet Yeshiva in 2013. She graduated summa cum laude from St. Joseph’s University with a major in English and minors in Classical Studies and Gender Studies, and went on to receive her Masters of Arts in Writing Studies at St. Joseph’s. She has five years' experience as a literacy mentor, having tutored adults and students in composition and reading comprehension at the St. Joseph’s University Writing Center, the Center for Literacy, and Kenderton Elementary School in Philadelphia. Ms. Black interned for Running Press during graduate school, served as an editor for Progressive Business Publications in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and contributed to multiple university and student publications, including the English Department Newsletter at St. Joseph’s.