CaTyra Polland is the CEO/Founder of Love for Words (an editing boutique for writers and authors), and Career Prep, a professional development agency, a published author, editor, poet, speaker, instructor and cat mom to Honeycomb. She is also the Creator/Hostess of Editor Knows Best, an international writing and editing podcast for literary professionals and Write, Wine & Quarantine, an anthology of stories and poems about the COVID-19 pandemic. CaTyra recently released her first book of poetry, Dear August, Love August.She is a Rochester Business Journal Forty Under 40 Honoree and the Professional Development Chair of the Rochester Young Professionals. CaTyra enjoys traveling, going to concerts, slam poetry, and going to the beach.