Becki Ledford

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Location
Asheville, NC
School
Harvard University, Boston College
Expertise
Food Network, Gluten-Free Cooking, Mental Health
  • While on maternity leave, Becki's television showed nothing but Food Network around the clock.
  • Becki has celiac disease and a unique perspective on gluten-free products and recipes.
  • Becki has attended many food-focused conferences and has spoken at blogger conferences about self-care.

Experience

In college, Becki was a news editor for The Harvard Crimson and covered the crime beat. While in graduate school she started a food and wellness blog, which ran from 2011 to 2018, and eventually became a certified personal trainer. After three years in the fitness industry, Becki re-entered academia and started writing for The List and Mashed in her spare time. She ultimately began editing for The List and other Static Media brands full-time and worked for a short time on the scripting team. After taking a break from the freelance world to get married and start a family, Becki returned to writing for The List and joined the Daily Meal team in 2022, then joined the Mashed editing team in 2023.

Education

Becki has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Harvard University and a master's in counseling psychology from Boston College.
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