Polly Moore received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA, where she specialized in sleep research. She continued her research at the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center and is now Director of Clinical Development at Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. She is a hands-on expert in the subject of baby sleep and works with parenting support groups, including the nonprofit parenting mentoring organization Parent Quest, and a number of private doula groups in Southern California. She and her family live in San Diego, California.