Cassandra Lane is Editor in Chief of L.A. Parent and author of “We Are Bridges: A Memoir,” published by Feminist Press. Born and raised in Louisiana, Cassandra made the transition from La. to L.A. in 2001. Before joining L.A. Parent in 2017, she was community relations manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and she has also served as a newspaper reporter, high school English and journalism teacher, college application advisor and senior writer for a nonprofit committed to improving the quality of early care and education for L.A. County children. Her stories have appeared in the New York Times, L.A. Times and a variety of other newspapers, magazines and anthologies. She has a BA in journalism and an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University and lives with her husband and teen son in South L.A.