Margarita Tartakovsky is an associate editor at Psych Central, crafting articles on everything from ADHD and anxiety to bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder to creativity and couples.

She also writes book reviews and contributes to Psych Central’s main blog World of Psychology.

Unofficially, her writing career began in second grade when she composed her first-ever essay on Cinderella (her mom still has it!), several months after emigrating from Russia.

Officially, Margarita began freelancing after graduating with an MS in clinical psychology from Texas A&M University. There, she studied body image and disordered eating — subjects close to her heart.

She loves getting email from readers! So feel free to contact her at mtartakovsky at gmail dot com.

Learn more about Margarita and her writing at her website. Follow her on Twitter @Mtartakovsky.