Virginia Vitzthum has been an editor at Youth Communication, on (mostly) and off since 2008, where she has won several awards. Before that she wrote for, among others, salon.com, Elle, Washington City Paper, Ms., Time Out New York, and the Village Voice. She has written two books and contributed to several others. She has edited fiction and nonfiction books, substance abuse treatment guides, book reviews for Publisher’s Weekly, and, her favorite, the autobiographical stories teens write for Represent and YouthComm (YCteen) magazines.