Here’s my very official bio:
Caryn Rivadeneira has been a trusted voice to evangelical women since her first role editing Marriage Partnership magazine. In her nearly 10 years in Christian publishing, Caryn has held such influential positions as managing editor of Marriage Partnership, managing editor of Christian Parenting Today, and the first-ever managing editor of Women’s and Family Resources, a department she helped develop at Christianity Today International (CTI).
Today, her love of engaging and equipping Christian women continues in her role as a contracted managing editor of CTI’s latest venture: GiftedForLeadership.com, an online community for Christian women in leadership. This site which publishes some of the most influential Christian women leaders attracts more than 20,000 unique visitors every month. In her role, Caryn develops relationships with influential women leaders, edits their contributions, writes a popular monthly post, and creates downloadable booklets for women in leadership.
Caryn maintains an actives schedule as a freelance editor and writer. Her clients have included WaterBrook Press, Livingstone Corp., the Willow Creek Association, Scribe, and Christianity Today International. Caryn has published dozens of articles related to women, motherhood, and families—both in magazines and in online newsletters. These appeared not only for Marriage Partnership and Christian Parenting Todaybut also for ChristianityTodayMovies.com and as the “Resourceful Mom” and “Ask a Resourceful Woman” columnist in the MOMSense and Today’s Christian Woman e-newsletters.
Caryn her B.A. in English from Calvin College and attended the University of Chicago’s publishing program. Since the birth of her first child five years ago, Caryn switched from professional magazine editor to mother, editor, and writer, all of which she does from home, where the hours are insane but the payoff huge. Caryn spends most of her days snuggling with, reading to, playing with, singing silly songs for, and making chocolate milk for three of the best kids ever created. She, her husband, and their kids live in the western suburbs of Chicago with their four rescued pets: a relinquished Rottweiler, an abandoned bunny, and two feeder goldfish.