diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 999c824..24c51e0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://here.r-lib.org/, https://github.com/r-lib/here
 BugReports: https://github.com/r-lib/here/issues
 Imports: 
-    rprojroot (>= 2.0.2)
+    rprojroot (>= 2.0.2), 
+    fs
 Suggests: 
     conflicted,
     covr,
-    fs,
     knitr,
     palmerpenguins,
     plyr,
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index f31f993..5f9d980 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
 export(dr_here)
+export(from_here)
 export(here)
 export(i_am)
 export(set_here)
 import(rprojroot)
+importFrom(fs,path_rel)
diff --git a/R/from_here.R b/R/from_here.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17f67cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/from_here.R
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#'
+#'
+#' @title
+#'   Get the relative path to a file
+#'   
+#' @description
+#'   `from_here()` returns the path to a file or directory using `here()`, relative
+#'   to a parent directory (by default, the project root).
+# 
+#' @param .path
+#'   The path to the target file or directory.
+#'   
+#' @param .root
+#'   The path to the parent directory. Defaults to project root (`here()`).
+#'
+#' @importFrom fs path_rel 
+#'
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @examples
+#'   from_here("an_example.csv")
+#'   \dontrun{
+#'     myfilepath <- here("some", "path", "below", "your", "project", "root.txt")
+#'     >> "parent/path/some/path/below/your/project/root.txt"
+#'     myrelfilepath <- from_here(myfilepath)
+#'     >> "some/path/below/your/project/root.txt"
+#'     myrelfilepath <- from_here(myfilepath, here("some", "path")
+#'     >> "below/your/project/root.txt"
+#'   }
+
+
+from_here <- function(.path, .root = here::here()) {
+  
+  # Using FS
+  fs::path_rel(.path, start = .root)
+  
+  # Using FS logic to retain leading `/`
+  #substr(.path, nchar(.root) + 1, nchar(.path))
+}
+
+
diff --git a/man/from_here.Rd b/man/from_here.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..421f404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/from_here.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/from_here.R
+\name{from_here}
+\alias{from_here}
+\title{Get the relative path to a file}
+\usage{
+from_here(.path, .root = here::here())
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{.path}{The path to the target file or directory.}
+
+\item{.root}{The path to the parent directory. Defaults to project root (\code{here()}).}
+}
+\description{
+\code{from_here()} returns the path to a file or directory using \code{here()}, relative
+to a parent directory (by default, the project root).
+}
+\examples{
+  from_here("an_example.csv")
+  \dontrun{
+    myfilepath <- here("some", "path", "below", "your", "project", "root.txt")
+    >> "parent/path/some/path/below/your/project/root.txt"
+    myrelfilepath <- from_here(myfilepath)
+    >> "some/path/below/your/project/root.txt"
+    myrelfilepath <- from_here(myfilepath, here("some", "path")
+    >> "below/your/project/root.txt"
+  }
+}