Lori Pino is a holistic life coach, healing artist, and social justice advocate from the San Francisco Bay Area. She co-authored an article in the Journal of Chiropractic Education about a day-labor service-learning program she cofounded and is a contributing author of Collective Wisdom: Powerful Stories and Practical Advice for Achieving Success. Haight Words is her first book. Pino was raised in a military family. Following her studies at West Point, the University of California at Davis, and other colleges, she earned a BA in behavioral science and a master's in counseling psychology. She worked in the field of education for more than thirty years, most recently as an investigator with the US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and as a college counselor. Her rich and varied experiences inform her current work as a holistic life coach, Reiki practitioner, and traditional Hispanic folk healer. Learn more at Lori-Pino.com.