Holly Bellebuono, MPA, CH, CPC, has taught natural health, medicinal herbs, and the history of herbalism, folk medicine, and botany for eighteen years. She is president of Vineyard Herbs Teas & Apothecary LLC on Martha’s Vineyard and is the author of The Essential Herbal for Natural Health. She’s the director of the Heritage & Healing Herbal Studies Program, is a member of United Plant Savers and Northeast Herbal Association, and is associated with the North Carolina Herb Association. She resides in West Tisbury, Massachusetts.