Wendy Wisner, MFA, IBCLC

Wendy Wisner is a freelance health and parenting writer, poet, and memoirist. Her areas of focus are general health and wellness, reproductive and postpartum health, infant and child health, mental health, nutrition, personal finance, aging and senior health, and parenting.

Wisner has published hundreds of essays in places like The Washington Post, Vice, Family Circle, Parents Magazine, Lilith Magazine, and Rewire. She’s also provided content for companies like Care.com, SingleCare, Mattress Firm, Motherlove Herbals, Verizon, Talkspace, and Public Goods. From 2016 to 2021, she worked at Scary Mommy in several roles, including staff writer, social media manager, and associate editor.

Wisner is also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), lactation educator and counselor, and retired La Leche League leader. She led breastfeeding support groups for many years, taught breastfeeding classes, and owned a private lactation consultant practice for five years. Now she supports breastfeeding parents by writing compassionate, evidence-based articles about breastfeeding, reproductive and postpartum health, infant and child health, and more.

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English, Hunter College, New York City
• Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing, Hunter College, New York City

• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
• Lactation Educator Counselor, UC San Diego

• The Amy Award, Poets and Writers (2003)
• Finalist, Forward INDIES Book of the Year (2024)

• American Society of Journalists and Authors, Professional Member
• Association of Health Care Journalists, Professional Member

• Keatley SR. How to Deal With Low Breastmilk Supply. The New York Times. May 2019.
• Keatley SR. Formula Feeding: How Much and How Often to Feed Your Baby. The New York Times. May 2019.
• Reddy N. You Will Find Your Way, Because the Pull of Your Creative Work Will Continue to Be There. Good Creatures. October 2023.