Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

AMES, Iowa – Miriam Martincic persevered through plenty of rejection when she began submitting her original illustrations for competitions and publication. Attempt after attempt resulted in a pass – ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...