Elizabeth Jacks Scott taught American and World history for five years, practiced psychotherapy and family therapy in New York City for more than two decades, ran grief groups at St. Barcholomew's Church for seven years, and cofounded Hudson Valley Weddings on The Hill. She is an ordained interfaith minister and a clinical social worker. Scott lives with her husband in New York City, the Hudson Valley, and the Coast of Maine. Combined with her husband, they have four children and eight grandchildren.