Lissa Poirot serves as Assistant Publisher and Managing Editor of North Georgia Living. She has been writing for more than 20 years, serving as editor-in-chief of TripAdvisor's Family Vacation Critic and writing for sites such as Far+Wide, The Points Guy and others. She also was Managing Editor of Points North lifestyles magazine and has written for Jezebel magazine and others in and around Atlanta. A resident of Alpharetta and Johns Creek, Lissa originally hails from South Florida.