SELF Masthead
Editorial
Rachel Wilkerson Miller, Editor in Chief
Alisa Hrustic, Executive Editor
Amber Venerable, Creative Director
Westry Green, Director of Operations
Grace McCarty, Editorial Assistant
Theresa Tamkins, Director, Health Conditions
Christa Sgobba, Director of Fitness and Food
Hannah Pasternak, Special Projects Director
Cathryne Keller, Lifestyle Director
Abbey Stone, Commerce Director
Julia Sullivan, Associate Health Conditions Director
Katie Camero, Senior Writer, Conditionally
Erica Sloan, Senior Health Writer
Jenna Ryu, Lifestyle Writer
Caroline Tien, Fitness and Nutrition Writer
Amanda Bailey, Associate Art Director
Sarah Felbin, Senior Commerce Editor
Sara Coughlin, Senior Commerce Writer
Jessica Kasparian, Commerce Writer
Caroline Acosta, Web Producer
Social Media and Audience Development
Lara Kramer, Director of Audience Development, Analytics, and Social
Katie Gunderman, Associate Social Media Manager
Copy/Research
Yulia Khabinsky, Research Director
Christy Walker, Research Manager
Daniela Diaz, Hub Fact-Checker
Montserrat Nosti, Hub Fact-Checker
Alejandra Cuevas, Hub Copy Editor
Anthony Parks, Hub Copy Editor
Rachel Whalen, Hub Copy Editor
Video and Multimedia
Sarah Yalowitz, Director of Programming and Development
Lauren Alberti, Social Video Producer, Lifestyle
Christopher Conti, Executive Director, Programming & Development
Christopher Bannon, Head of Global Audio
Monica Mulhall, Manager, Programming Operations
Keleigh Nealon, Director of Content, Production
Alice Park, Senior Director, New Development
Maximilian Stenstrom, Director, New Development
Jeffrey Kornberg, Supervising Producer, New Development
Liane Su, Vice President, Production Operations
Nico Steele, Director, Production Operations - Audio
Paula Martone, Executive Director, Production Management
Lacey Triplett Thistle, Executive Director, Post Production
Chris Dawson, Mike Furth, Ryan Powell, Post Production Directors
Nick Ascanio, Associate Director, Post Production
Communications
Katie Wilkins, Communications Manager
Contributing Writers
Emily Abbate, Ashley Abramson, Amanda Rose Adams, Laura Elizabeth Adkins, Yalda Afshar, MD, PhD, Felissa Allard, Lux Alptraum, Ariba Alvi, Sara Angle, Vanessa Armstrong, Krystin Arneson, Andrea Arterbery, CJ Atkinson, Nina Bahadur, Sarah Ban, Laura Barcella, Sofia Barrett-Ibarria, Lauren Bedosky, Sarah-Jane Bedwell, Alecia Belnavis, Esme Benjamin, Alexis Bennett, Emilia Benton, Nina Biagini, Andrea Billups, Jenna Birch, Perri Blumberg, Alison Bonaguro, Candace Bond-Theriault, Christina Bonnington, Kristin Booker, Carrie Borzillo, Krissy Brady, Amber Brenza, Erin Brown, Evette Dionne Brown, Audrey Bruno, Chaunie Brusie, Christina Butan, Allyson Byers, Chrissy Callahan, Kristin Canning, Amy Capetta, Therese Castillo, Jamie Cattanach, Rosalie Chan, Puja Changoiwala, Esther Choo, Andrea Blair Cirignano, Kelly Coffey, Delaney Colaio, Marceline Cook, Emily Crose, Eliel Cruz, Faith Cummings, Suzanne D’Amato, Yvette d’Entremont, Annie Daly, Robbie Ann Darby, Dana Davenport, Meryl Davis, Julia Dellitt, Alexis Dent, Paige DePaolis, Rina Deshpande, Meirav Devash, Samantha DiBenedetto, Winona Dimeo-Ediger, Laura Dorwart, Jancee Dunn, Caitlin Dwyer, Leslie Kendall Dye, Susannah Edelbaum, Amelia Edelman, Stassa Edwards, Alexandra Engler, Melissa Antoinette Fabello, Zlata Faerman, Alexis Farah, Sharon Feiereisen, Alison Feller, Zoe Fenson, Lauren Finney, Valerie Fischel, Paige Fowler, Imogen Fox, Jami Ganz, Jennifer Garam, Kate Gardner, Katelyn Garrett, Sarah Gaynes-Levy, Claire Gillespie, Thea Glassman, Marissa Gold, Haley Goldberg, Emily Goldman, Alison Goldman, Hannah Gómez, Grissel Granados, Anita Green, Louise Green, Emily Ziff Griffin, Malia Shizuko Griggs, Pamela Grossman, Sara Grossman, Bryce Gruber, Jen Gunter, Tara Haelle, Sarah Hagi, Abby Haglage, Dana Hamilton, Claire Hannum, Cara Harbstreet, Dyane Harwood, Jordan Haynie Ware, Sonja R. Herbert , Janell Hickman, Rachel Briana Hoge, Molly Horan, Dr. Diane Horvath-Cosper, Helaina Hovitz, Hannah Howard, Ryan Howes, Ph.D., Locke Hughes, Dana Ellis Hunnes, Devon Ivie, Savita Iyer, Jacklyn Janeksela, Tiffany Jansen, Cinnamon Lee Janzer, Jessica Jones, Amber Katz, Laura Katz, Breena Kerr, Farah Naz Khan, Erin Kathleen Khar, Rahaf Khatib , Allie Kieffer, Laura Kiesel, Alexandra Kirkman, Molly Knight, Jillian Kramer, Cindy Kuzma, Nicole Kwan, Emily Ladau, Cassie Lambert, Claire Lampen, Nicole Lane, Abby Langer, Meg Lappe, Moira Lawler, Rachel Lee, Stephanie Lee, Samantha Lefave, Laurel B Leicht, Courtney Leiva, Amanda Baker Lemein, Lauren Levinson, Rachel Charlene Lewis, Jeanne Li, Bari Lieberman, Katy Lindenmuth, Elizabeth Logan, Liana Lozada, Annalise Mabe, Macaela Mackenzie, Augusta MacQueen, Melissa Madera, Ph.D., Alexandra Manning, Lilit Marcus, Ashley Mateo, Hannah Matthews, Laure Mazza, Lauren Mazzo, Jennifer Jacquelyn McCoy, Nora McInerny, Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Bianca Mendez, Kaitlin Menza, Ezinne Mgbeahuruike, Elizabeth Millard, Amy Hagstrom Miller, Caitlin Miller, Korin Miller, Marissa Miller, Sarah Miller, Komaljit Minhas , Melissa Minton, Lane Moore, Kathryn Morgan, Meagan Morris, Jennifer Morson, Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scott Muska, Kate Myers, Avital Nathman, Laura Newcomer, Bree Newsome, Erika Nicole Kendall, Tigele Nlebesi, Rebecca Norris, Jess Novak, Molly Nover-Baker, Kelley O'Brien, Sophie Ouellette-Howitz, Brittany Packnett, Lindsey Paradiso, Andrea Park, Jackie Pata, Athalie Paynting, Katherine Pett, Taylor Kay Phillips, Taylor Kay Phillips, Jenelle Marie Pierce, Elizabeth Pierson, Liz Plosser, Rachele Pojednic, Christopher Post, Neha Prakash, Pamela Price, Leah Prinzivalli, Hayley Prokos, Mattie Katherine Quinn, Lauren Rankin, Emily Rekstis, Julie Ricevuto, Susannah Rigg, Brittany Risher, Mekita Rivas, Anne Roderique-Jones, Carey Rossi, Elyse Roth, Jocelyn Runice, Sophie Saint Thomas, Vicki Salemi, Carolyn Sayre, Cecelia Scheeler, Amy Schlinger, Mallory Schlossberg, Elizabeth Schumer, Elizabeth Schumer, Laura Semko, Kavin Senapathy, Danielle Sepulveres, Kuba Shand-Baptiste, Elizabeth Sheeley, Alyssa Shelasky, Emily Shire, Jenn Sinrich, Kimberly Ariel Skokin, Leslie Smith, Tara C. Smith, Marie Solis, Marie Southard, Nykia Spradley, Shelby Stanger, Danielle Stas, Holly Stephens, Christina Mary Stiehl, Colleen Stinchcombe, Chelsea Stone, Kristin Tice Studeman, Julia Sullivan, Lindsey Sullivan, Savanna Swain-Wilson, Jennifer Swann, Marygrace Taylor, Maria Thomas, Lindsay Tigar, Morgan Tilton, Carolyn Louise Todd, Elizabeth Traynor, Dayna Troisi, Jenny Trout, Alexa Tucker, Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy, Sophia Vatomsky, Nitun Verma, Natasha Vianna, Diana Vilibert, Aly Walansky, Ashley Edwards Walker, Lindsay Walter, Nancy Wang Yuen, Ph.D., Tess Weaver Strokes, Suzannah Weiss, Lauren Whalen, Nora Whelan, Clay Whittaker, Zoe Wiener, Christie Lynn Wilcox Buehler, Sherri Williams, Sophie Wirt, Tiffany Wong, Liza Beth Wyles, Seema Yasmin, Catherine Young, Jordan Younger, Brigitte Zeitlin, Kelsi Zimmerman, Rachel Jacoby Zoldan, Suzanne Zuppello, Crystal Zuzek