Marie F. Cahalane, a lifelong Bostonian, is a writer, educator and entrepreneur. A graduate of the Memoir Generator and Memoir Incubator at Boston’s GrubStreet, her writing has been published in Herstry, Medium, Grand Magazine and on her blog, “Mami Knows Everything." Her current work-in-progress is a memoir about the bond between the author and her father that survives decades of secrets, lies and hoarding, and the eventual rebuilding of their relationship and their family home.