Kristin Whitcoe completed her Bachelor of Nursing degree at the University of Delaware and Master of Science in Psychiatric Nursing degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Her duties as a nurse included administering a lot of prescribed medication to people, who often resisted taking their medications or seemed to experience more symptoms related to taking so many medications. Kristin was inspired to write this book based on her personal health experiences, nursing career and parenting responsibilities. Over the past 9 years of marriage and family living, Kristin has refined her professional and instinctive nursing and holistic skills at home with her husband Chris and their children Calvin (7), Cosette (5), and Kurt (3), with almond milk included in their family's repertoire for wellness.

Kristin enjoys the simple pleasures such as sunshine, warm weather, baseball, family hikes, hugs, smiles, and dish fairies. She likes to run, jump, play, cut, paste, color, draw, construct, and read books. Kristin's kitchen has a steady supply of almonds, not only for milk, but for snacks, salads, and sweets as well. She envisions the day when almond milk is an available option to school children worldwide.

Married to a technically savvy husband, who has shared much of his computer wisdom with her over the years, Kristin has discovered the wonders of the internet, including website development and the age of information. She has learned to create websites while "testing" Chris' work. He, too, has tested Kristin's work with plentiful samples of their family's almond milk.