Alissa Keith grew up in South Dakota but has been living, running, and teaching in Virginia for the past two decades. She’s a mom to 4 kids, who all think it’s very normal for people to run 30, 50, 100 miles at a time. Her hobbies include adventuring on the trails, making matching t-shirts, researching college writing and/or adult language acquisition, collecting too many soapboxes, and recommending podcasts to anyone who will listen.