Lisa Tracy

Lisa Tracy is a historian, genealogist, natural health educator, musician, and lifelong researcher with a deep focus on Washington State history and cultural studies.

Her roots in the Pacific Northwest trace back to 1845, whenher family journeyed west along the Oregon Trail, with her great-grandmother born along the way. Lisa has spent her life immersed in the region's history and culture.

She studied at Seattle Pacific University (1986) and completed a comprehensive herbalist certification program (1995), furthering her expertise in plant medicine. Lisa also attended the International School of Herbal Arts and Sciences (2011) and the School of Evolutionary Herbalism (2013), deepening her understanding of ethnobotany and the vital connections between plants and people.

Lisa gave lectures on natural health at the Seattle Body, Mind, and Spirit Exposition from 1995-1998 and was invited to be a guest on Stairway to Health, a radio show hosted by Dr. Constance Tracy Tayler, in 1995. She later authored Nature's Wisdom: A Comprehensive Guide to the Healing Art of Herbal Medicine (2000) and contributed articles on natural health to Orato First Person News (2009).

A mother of two adult children, Lisa spent years homesteading with her family on a small farm, tending apple orchards, raising goats, and cultivating gardens.

She actively supports causes close to her heart, including the Washington State Historical Society, the Temperate Orchard Conservancy, the Society for Ethnobotany, and the Global Crop Diversity Trust.