Kristy Lahoda graduated from the Renovaré Institute in 2021, has a Ph.D. in chemistry, and is a contract scientific technical editor. She loves spiritual formation, reading, and writing and is looking to publish her first novel. She hosts Fiction that Forms Us, a podcast that explores the transformative nature of stories and spiritual formation. Kristy lives in central Ohio with Rob, her husband of 17 years, and their three children, 13-year-old girl/boy twins and an 11-year-old boy.