Ruth Tepler Roth received her MS from the Columbia University School of Social Work and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. She recently received certification as a Grief Educator/Counselor from Grief Expert, David Kessler. She has previously worked in the healthcare industry as VP of Marketing/Sales at an insurance company specializing in mental health/substance abuse services, and more recently as director of admissions/PR at a private yeshiva elementary school. She is a wife, and a mother of three children - two daughters, and a son, who took his own life. She devotes herself to counseling and supporting parents who grieve from the experience of child loss, as well as parents/siblings of those who suffer from mental illness. She has written on topics related to mental illness awareness in daily life and about grief.