Ada directs "The Pleasure of Poetry," a program she founded, at the Somerset Public Library in Massachusetts. She reviews poetry books for "Midstream Magazine" and has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College.

Behind the Pictures I Hang (Spinner Publications, 2007), Saudades: The Jewish-Portuguese Connection (Gratlau Press, 2005), The Museum of My Mother (Gratlau Press, 1996), Fine Lines & Other Wrinkles (Gratlau Press, 1993)

Child of My Child: Poems & Stories for Grandparents (Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises, 2010), Letters to the World (Red Hen Press, 2008), Love After 70 (Wising Up Press, 2008), The Why and Later (Deep Cleveland Press, 2008), Celebrations (July Literary Press, 2006), Regrets Only (Little Pear Press, 2006), Caring Stories (Publish America, 2002), Her Face in the Mirror (Beacon Press, 1994)

Crone's Nest, Diner, Mediphors, Midstream, Nedge, Newport Review, Persimmon Tree, Sow's Ear Poetry Review, Umbrella