Kerry Weber is the managing editor for America magazine, a national Catholic weekly magazine. She has written the book, Mercy in the City about her attempt to practice the Seven Acts of Corporal Mercy while living a modern life in New York City. After graduating from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she volunteered for one year with the Mercy Volunteer Corps, serving as a special-education teacher in St. Michaels, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation.