Preeti Hay grew up in Bombay, India. She is a third generation Baba lover, her grandparents Prem and Girja Khlinani came to Meher Baba in the 1950's and so began the family's association with the Avatar. Preeti grew up in an active Baba environment and feels blessed for it. She studied Mass Media and English Literature and worked as a lifestyle journalist in Bombay before moving to America.
She now works at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where she lives with her husband and son. Reading and writing are her passions in a busy world of working full time and chasing her growing toddler.