Helaina Hovitz Regal is a journalist, author, and advocate, best known for her work on topics like mental health, trauma recovery, and resilience. She became a prominent voice after her experience surviving the 9/11 attacks in New York City.

Her greatest passion has always been positive and meaningful news about charities, social good, nonprofits, social issues, and animal rescue.

Her bylines can be found in over 50 publications including:

The New York Times,  Salon,  Glamour,  The New York Observer,  InStyle, BuzzFeed

VICE, Women’s Health, Teen Vogue, Newsday,  Forbes, Thrillist, HEALTH,  Gothamist

Huffington Post,  Bustle,  Newsweek, xoJane,  Prevention,  Reader’s Digest,  Nationswell

Business Insider, The Week, Fast Company, Downtown Magazine, The Fix, The Daily Meal 

The Los Angeles Times, Greatist, The Mighty, PBS’s Next Avenue, PsychCentral,  Brooklyn Magazine  

Fortune, SELF,  The Advocate, Edible, Tasting Table, TODAY.COM, and more.

My most recent full-time role was Editor of Branded Content at Upworthy+GOOD.

She is the author of the memoir “After 9/11” which has gotten high praise from PEOPLE, The New Yorker, Scholastic, and more.

You are a herald for your generation. Thank you for using your voice to help us make sense of that dark day, and forge a new beginning.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton

She has been featured on/in :

CBS, PBS Newshour, ABC News, The TODAY Show, 1010Wins

PEOPLE, New York 1, WPIX11, Marie Claire Australia

The Atlantic, Psych Central, SHAPE, Epoch Times, CTV News, Glamour, TODAY Show Australia,

NBC, VOX News, Teen Vogue, Fortune, Scholastic Magazine, Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post. 

Contact me: HelainaWrites@gmail.com