Jodi Glass was born in Long Island, New York in 1953. She attended various colleges, including Berklee College of Music in Boston, and received her graduate degree in Audiology from Hofstra University. She has been in Rhode Island since 1978, where she has been involved in founding and organizing several feminist projects, including the Feminist Resources Unlimited, the Rhode Island Feminist Chorus, the first 'Clothesline Project' in Rhode Island in 1992, the annual 'Take Back the Night' march in Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Feminist Voices, and the Rhode Island Feminist Resources Network. She currently works as an audiologist at the Meeting Street Center, with a focus in disability rights.