Mark Redmond has worked in the field of caring for homeless and at-risk youth for over 40 years. He is presently executive director of Spectrum Youth & Family Services in Burlington, Vermont. He has published columns in Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Commonweal, The National Catholic Reporter and America. He has told stories for The Moth Radio Hour as well as other podcasts such as The Lapse, Strangers and Risk! A story he told for WGBH's Stories from the Stage played on most public television stations around the United States, and his one-person show on Broadway, So Shines a Good Deed, premiered in October 2019.

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"Mark Redmond's story of self-discovery, risk and love has connected deeply with the millions of Moth audience members who have heard it live and on our public radio show and podcast. It's a tale of digging deep into your own biases and assumptions to help bridge communities and bring about deep healing." -Catherine Burns, Artistic Director, The Moth

"This vivid and candid memoir - of hard times and hard lessons, as well as some sublime and touching achievments - will reinvigorate people who work in human services. Perhaps more importantly, it may inspire ordinary folk to consider doing the extraordinary work of helping people who are less fortunate. This is a story of an exemplary life meaningfully led." -Stephen P. Kiernan, author of Universe of Two: A Novel

"Sharing in Mark Redmond's memoir you may find yourself saying: This is an interesting conversion story or here is a man that put his faith into practice. However, as President of Villanova University, I find myself saying, that is a Villanova story. To paraphrase St. Augustine, it is a man on a journey to become what he is not yet. The journeys may be different, but the process is the same: awakening to accepting the belief that you have the power to ignite change in someone's life." - Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., PhD, President, Villanova University