Heather Janssen
HEATHER JANSSEN
Publisher/Editor/Co-Founder
Heather lives and writes in Loveland, Colorado, home to the famous Sweetheart Bowling Lanes. Her hobbies include running away from perfectionism and reading Harry Potter books while juggling life with her four daughters and living with stage IV breast cancer. She’s also trying to learn how to be kind to people.
Read Broken and Tatters by Heather Janssen.
Makeesha Fisher
MAKEESHA FISHER
Chief Designer/Art Director/ Design Whore
Makeesha wears yoga clothes to work as an at-home freelance designer by day and dons a skin tight black unitard and cape for her night job as a sexy super hero. Fort Collins owes her a debt of gratitude. She also has been known to knit while pole dancing… oh, and she has a husband and a couple kids.
Kyndra Wilson
KYNDRA WILSON
Brand Consultant
Kyndra Wilson of KW Brand Translation is get born‘s brand consulting resource. As such, Kyndra helps Heather make sure all the elements pull together to keep get born true to its character of an honest, clear and sometimes messy look into the way motherhood shapes us as women.
Laura Salamy
LAURA SALAMY
Contributing Editor
Laura Salamy lives, writes, and edits in Massachusetts until the day she escapes to the warmer winters of New Mexico. Her stories and essays have appeared in the Boston Globe, Providence Journal, get born, The Drum (an online, audio lit magazine) and other print and online outlets. Most nights, after petting the child, the husband, and the two silly dogs, she settles down to hook colorful rugs with a best friend, TiVO.
Stephanie Rayburn
STEPHANIE RAYBURN
Assistant to the Publisher
Stephanie tries to funnel her obsessive need for organization into the background workings of get born so she doesn’t spin out of control when confronted with the two little tornadoes who live in her home. She takes care of the subscriptions and whatever else comes up, and she tries to keep everyone honest. In her alter-life, Stephanie mentors folks who are about to do the crazy wonderful thing we all did – become parents.
Keri-March King
KERI MARCH-KING
Distribution Manager
Keri March-King drags her two sons along for get born distribution trips, bribing them with ice cream when they walk too slow. She keeps busy trying to stay connected to friends and life without being overwhelmed, which is sometimes an overwhelming task.
She also spends a lot of time on the computer promoting a change in birth culture through the local non-profit group The Family Journey.
