Lisa Fazio is a clinical herbalist, practitioner of plant spirit medicine and flower essence therapy, and the founder of The Root Circle, a plant medicine educational center. Trained in traditional Western herbalism, Western astrology, and the folkways of her Italian immigrant family, she has apprenticed with herbalists Kate Gilday, Matthew Wood, and Pam Montgomery. She has an academic background in psychology and ethnobotany and has also done master’s level studies in chemistry, botany, and environmental history. She lives in Newport, New York.