Janine Noel is a mental health advocate who believes in the power of writing and speaking raw stories about mental health. She is founder and host of Bipolar She Podcast, where guests share personal narratives and experts in the field inspire--all with the goal of normalizing these illnesses.

 

With an MFA in creative nonfiction from Saint Mary’s College of California, she is currently an educator, editor and story consultant. She has been in the business of storytelling for decades, beginning as an actor and writer in theater and film. She co-founded Diablo Writers' Workshop with Andrea Firth, bringing creative writing courses to students across the country. She's led over 50 writing workshops and offered developmental editing to over a hundred writers. She has edited books in multiple genres--from fiction to memoir to self-help and to middle-grade and more.

 

Janine is a graduate of Dartmouth College where her passion for storytelling began.