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Kath Younger writes a popular healthy food blog read by over 8,000 visitors a day from around the world. Kath Eats Real Food, which you’ll find at www.KathEats.com, features photos of Kath’s meals while also sharing stories about her life and the recipes she and her husband create.
Colleen Oakley is a freelance writer and avid traveler based in Knoxville, TN. Her work has appeared in Marie Claire, Women’s Health, Fitness, Shape and Redbook. She is currently penning her first novel.
Jayme Otto
Jayme Otto lives and writes in the playground known as Boulder, CO. She is the Assistant Editor of Elevation Outdoors magazine, and a contributing editor for Women’s Adventure magazine. Her freelance writing has appeared in Backpacker, Delicious Living, Women’s Running, VeloNews, Natural Solutions, The Ecologist, Competitor, and Running Times. She manages to tear herself away from her computer long enough to go on trail runs with her Labrador, and bike rides with the Title Nine Cycling Club. More at JaymeOtto.com.
Aleigh Acerni
Aleigh Acerni is a Charlotte, NC-based writer and editor who has written about everything from gardening to youth hostels to women’s issues. She’s interviewed celebrities including playwright Eve Ensler, actresses Kristin Davis and Virginia Madsen, and pioneering chef Alice Waters, and she blogs about organic beauty for Beautorium.com, a natural and organic beauty emporium. Her first book, Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman’s Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights, co-authored with Kristine Huskey, was published by Globe Pequot Press in 2009. Find her on the web at www.aleighacerni.com, Lurrrve, and her personal blog, Sounder if you Get Analyzed.
Kelly Turner
Kelly is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and health and fitness writer from Seattle, WA. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, and she currently blogs for Breathe magazine and Kidglue.com and is also the Health and Fitness Expert for Twirlit.com and feature fitness writer for FitPeeps.com. To contact Kelly with any questions, you email her at kellycturner@hotmail.com.
Cristina Santiestevan writes about environmental issues and conservation solutions from her desk in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Find her online at redbugmedia.com.
Laura Cusenbary
Laura was born at an early age. She moved from the cornfields of the Midwest to pursue greener and steeper pastures, and found her place in the Rocky Mountains of Steamboat Springs. Hoping to save others the agony of wearing ski pants that leave you soggy like a kitchen sponge, Laura is excited to test products in all elements and provide Breathe readers with genuine feedback and gear recommendations.
Monica Olivas
Monica is a writer with a passion for running, healthy living and good food! She is a newlywed and recently drove across the U.S. as she moved from Southern California to Maryland. With all these new life changes she is committed to maintaining a healthy, balanced life. Monica is the blogger behind www.runeatrepeat.com.
Sara Novak
Sara has always had a profound love, bordering obsession, for all things green. Since moving south, that passion has expanded into a commitment to her community. She is focused on finding great local eats, riding her beach cruiser, composting, and globetrotting to interesting places. Sara is a writer specializing in green lifestyle topics for Breathe, Planet Green, and TreeHugger. She is also the author of the Columbia Foodie. Sara is a certified yoga instructor committed to living mindfully in her daily pursuits.
Bobbi-Marie McCormick
Bobbi is one busy woman who is trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle in a crazy busy world. She wears several different hats every day as a wife, cook, runner, athletic director, registrar, blogger, small business owner, coach, and kickboxing instructor! Every day is a new beginning! By posting healthy recipes and workouts here at Breathe, she hopes others will gain some insight on how they can say YES to a healthy lifestyle even if they are busy bees like herself. She loves to run and met her dream goal by running the Boston Marathon on 2009 and this year plans on tackling a Half Iron Man!!! Read more from Bobbi on her blog, N Her Shoes.
Keep It Simple Recipes is written by Jennifer, a young attorney living in Washington, DC. Though her first love is the law, food is a close second. She enjoys preparing and eating simple, natural, delicious foods. Although eating healthy is her goal, she finds value in using whole ingredients versus highly processed low-fat foods. Being a single professional, she focuses on recipes for smaller groups or couples that do not require hours in the kitchen. Read more from Jennifer at Keep It Simple Foods.
Brie Cadman is a freelance health and sustainability writer living in Charlottesville, VA. A native of Northern California, she has a Masters of Public Health from UC Berkeley. When not writing, she’s usually training for a triathlon, trying to get green things to grow, or thinking about her next outdoor adventure.
