Dr. Marisa Marciano is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and Registered Herbalist with expertise in both the education and clinical applications of therapeutic nutrition and phytotherapy. She received her post-degree medical training from the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where she is currently both a clinical and faculty member, as well as Chair of the Botanical Medicine Department. For nearly a decade she has maintained a private clinical practice focused on the custom formulation of herbal therapies using an individualized and primarily evidence-based approach aimed at integrating the safe use of herbs alongside diet, lifestyle, and conventional pharmaceutical therapies, while continually encouraging the holistic perspectives inherent to herbalism and a deep respect for the healing powers of Nature within her patients. Dr. Marciano is a co-author of The Botanical Medicine Manual: A Quick Reference Evidence Based Guide, and is widely recognized for creating the celebrated online herbal resource TheNaturopathicHerbalist.com, both of which intend to serve as relevant and reliable sources of botanical information for both students and clinicians. Considered a passionate educator, she regularly conducts herb walks and medicine making workshops aimed at fostering a deeper connection between people and plants, and believes that the body has an innate capacity to heal when provided with the foundational therapeutic potential of plant medicine in all its forms.