Nínive Calegari is the co-founder of 826 Valencia and the founder of The Teacher Salary Project. She is the co-author (with Dave Eggers and Daniel Moulthrop) of Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers and the editor of Be Honest: And Other Advice from Students Across the Country, both published by The New Press. She lives in San Francisco, California.