Julie Doherty graduated from Stanford University in 1998 with a degree in English. She worked as a writer and editor for various tech companies in San Francisco, then spent several years in Mexico, where she worked as a preschool teacher, traveled extensively, and wrote for a variety of publications on a freelance basis, including the Best Colleges series produced by The Princeton Review. Currently, Julie works in the radiology department of a hospital in Marin County, California.