our writers

are the voice of Area Woman Magazine. They bring to life the Fargo-Moorhead area and the incredible stories of the women we feature.

These are the talented contributors showcased in this issue. Learn more about these and our other contributors at areawomanmagazine.com .

Tonya Olson

Siri Thaden

Specializing in women’s portraits, Tonya's work focuses on empowering women, creating a moment, and capturing the emotion of that moment. As a mother of three and a woman on an everchanging journey herself, she wants to inspire women to celebrate every milestone of the woman’s journey.

Siri is a former miss minnesota, media personality, and current manager of women’s community programs and education at Sanford Health. She focuses on providing and improving services to women that help them live their healthiest lives possible. She also enjoys the outdoors, hot yoga and the occasional (vegan) burger.

Aubrey Tyson

Aubrey is a lover of wine, working out, reading, all things Gilmore Girls and Target. She has a deep passion for writing, travel and the entrepreneur lifestyle. Her company Brey Tyson Digital & Design focuses on digital marketing, website design and graphic design for small to mid-size businesses. Mother of two and wife to a Brit, she takes life one day at a time while reveling in the chaos of family life.

Ashley Ham

Ashley is a full-time wedding, lifestyle and destination photographer with her husband Ryan at FloraPine Photography. She is passionate about documenting the every day, writing about home simplicity and renovation projects, and writing music.

Lindsay Truax

Lindsay is the editor of the website Pink and Navy Stripes, a lifestyle and fashion blog. She loves to help others take the latest fashion trends and make them wearable. Lindsay and her husband have three little girls.

Whitney Lynne Duden

Balancing a life of family, friends and fashion. Whitney lives for laughs, good people and great clothes, with a few other things too. Whitney graduated from UND with a degree in marketing. She goes by the title of "fashion maven" (also known as a fashion influencer). You can see her daily fashion posts, and catch her crazy ideas on Instagram @whitney_lynne.

Kayla Cote Van Rensburg

Kayla, a creative entrepreneur, spends her days designing stylish screen printed apparel for local boutiques with her husband, Piet, in Dak & Collaboratives. She also creates visual branding for clients in her design and media business, Cote Creative, LLC. In her spare time she interviews community members for her lifestyle and design blog Find Your Style found at cotecreative.co/blog.

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JON-MICHAEL SHERMAN art director

MEGAN ELGIN proofing editor

JILL OCKHARDT BLAUFUSS advertising

MIKE SHERMAN 701-306-5119

JON-MICHAEL SHERMAN 701-306-1288

TAMIE ZACCHEA 701-306-7932 graphic design intern

HELENA NORRAW marketing intern

LINDSEY WAGNER photography

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ARTOGRAPHY BY BETHANY

BEAUTY MARKS BOUDOIR

EXPRESSIONS BY ASHTON PHOTOGRAPHY

DALAYNA MCKNIGHT

FLORAPINE PHOTOGRAPHY

JILL OCKHARDT BLAUFUSS

JONATHAN CALIX

LILY BRUNDIN

LINDSAY KAYE PHOTOGRAPHY

MIKE SMITH

SCHERLING PHOTOGRAPHY

STACY KENNEDY

Alicia Underlee Nelson

Alicia is the creator of prairiestylefile.com, a website that explores the arts, culture, shopping, events and fashion of Fargo-Moorhead and the upper Midwest. She frequently travels across the region in search of what's beautiful and what's next.

DENISE PINKNEY

Denise Pinkney loves words. She's an award-winning writer who lives in Fargo with her handsome husband, Charles. She is an avid journaler, passionate speaker and competitive Taboo player.

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