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Lisa Wood Shapiro
Contributor
Lisa Wood Shapiro is a WIRED contributor based in Brooklyn, New York, covering machine learning and air quality. A former Outside Magazine correspondent and Vogue contributor, she previously wrote for WIRED about how tech helped her cheat her dyslexia. She is the author of the motherhood memoir Hot Mess Mom and is currently writing a book about her experiences working in whiskey distilleries. She studied film at New York University and has a master’s degree in special education.