Jean LeBlanc grew up in Massachusetts, just about halfway between Emily Dickinson and Henry David Thoreau. She now lives in northwestern New Jersey with her husband and best friend, George Lightcap. She has taught writing and literature at Sussex County Community College since 1999, and is a member of several local poetry groups: the Writers' Roundtable of Sussex County; the Paulinskill Poetry Project; and the Silconas Poetry Center (of which she is a past director). Her publications include poetry anthologies as well as collections of her own work. Her poetry advocates for an awareness of the beauty of this journey called life.