Barb Caffrey is a writer, editor, and musician from Racine, Wisconsin with a strong interest in restorative justice and conflict resolution. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and obtained her Master's of Music (Saxophone) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is a published author with numerous short stories and one novel to her credit, and while a Master's candidate in the music department, wrote opinion and arts and entertainment articles for her college newspaper, The Daily Nebraskan.