Jacqueline Day began her career as a High School Health teacher in Los Angeles, where she was honored by the Los Angeles County Department of Education and the National Education Association. She went on to head PETA's Education Department where she fought for the rights of humans and non-human animals alike and served as a Health Policy Consultant for the Kaiser funded Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) program. In 2010 Jackie began her influential blog My Vegan Journal, a healthy lifestyle and animal rights resource that Dr. Oz has endorsed as one of the "Healthiest Facebook Page in America", and Jackie has appeared on CNN, The CBS Evening News, NPR and many more outlets. The Vegan Way is her first book. She lives in Northern California.