Allison Loudermilk is the former editor-in-chief of HowStuffWorks.com. 
She earned her B.A. in environmental science from Barnard College and has a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of Georgia. She wrote 150 articles for HowStuffWorks and now lives in Geneva, Switzerland.
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