Meet the Herbalist
Helping people rediscover their place in the balance of life — one herb walk at a time.
Athena is a community herbalist with over 20 years of study and hands-on experience working with plants and traditional herbal medicine. Her journey into herbalism began when her son was a toddler, after another mother showed her how to use plantain to soothe and help heal scraped knees. That simple, powerful moment sparked a lifelong path of learning, practice, and sharing plant knowledge with others.
What started in 2021 as a way to fund her herbalism education became Arizkatt's Herbs — and after some time away, it's grown into something deeper: a commitment to the Arizkatt Way, a philosophy of balance, stewardship, and freely shared knowledge. Today, Athena leads monthly guided Herb Walks, helping people slow down, actually see the plants around them, and understand how they've traditionally been used.
Her teaching isn't about memorizing names — it's about helping people fall in love with what's already right outside their door, and trusting that connection to nature naturally leads to caring for it. She continues to deepen her own training, with plans to become a clinical herbalist in the future.