Mandi Kowalik is an elementary school teacher on Long Island. She lives with her husband, Guy and their two dogs: Jagger, a Great Dane, and Coda, a Labrador mix. Mandi has a great love for animals and nature and enjoys spending time outdoors. She was inspired to write this book after her daughter’s umbilical cord accident during week thirty-six of her pregnancy. This is Mandi’s first published book.