Tiana Challenger was born and raised in Hawaii. Her mother, a home-based herbalist, instilled in her the value found in our natural world from a very young age. Tiana moved to the mainland to attend the University of Nevada, Reno, where she graduated with a major in Journalism and a minor in English Writing. Upon graduating, she became an English teacher abroad in South East Asia for ESL high school students and maintained a photography and cooking travel blog. Having completed coursework with the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine and as someone who practices sustainable living and agriculture, she now lives in Oregon with her husband where they operate a small farm just outside of Eugene. When she’s not working as a Product Coordinator for Mountain Rose Herbs, you can find her cooking up something new in the kitchen, spending time with her rescue animals, beekeeping, crafting repurposed furniture, tabling at the farmers market, practicing photography, or playing the cello.