Blake Bakkila
Contributor
Blake Bakkila is a freelance writer and editor with a decade of experience covering topics including baby and parenting, food, health, pop culture, and interior design. In addition to Prevention, her work has appeared in the digital publications of Architectural Digest, Sunset, and more. She highlighted the best, most game-changing baby and parenting products as the former senior commerce editor at What to Expect and BabyCenter, and she’s also held editorial positions at Good Housekeeping, Health, Real Simple, and People. Blake holds a bachelor’s in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. When she’s not typing, you can usually find her watching anything on Bravo, entertaining her son Rhode, and conducting field research on the best ice cream in Southern California.
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