About Alisa Blackwood
Alisa Blackwood
Alisa Blackwood writes about travel, food, healthy living, parenting and people. Her work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, TravelandLeisure.com, Cooking Light, Body+Soul and more. Prior to freelancing, Alisa was an editor at Health magazine and a reporter for The Associated Press. She has written about everything from AIDS vaccine research, to kayaking with manatees, foods that spike your stress level, and her fondness for state fairs—particularly the Tilt-A-Whirl ride. When she’s not writing, Alisa works as a birth doula (labor & childbirth support), infant massage instructor and teaches mom & baby yoga. She lives in St. Paul with her husband and one-year-old son.
