Karyn Sanders has been working with herbs most of her life and has had a clinical practice since 1979. She was first trained by her Choctaw grandmother. She studied with a curandera in her teens, has trained with other traditional herbalists and has also studied with western practitioners. Karyn is the co-founder and head instructor of the Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine. Since 1996 she has also produced and hosted The Herbal Highway, a one hour radio program dedicated to herbal medicine, on KPFA 94.1 out of Berkeley, California. It airs on Thursdays from 1 to 2 pm (PST) and can also be heard live through www.KPFA.org.

Karyn Sanders' practice is based in Fort Jones, California and she is also available for consultations by phone.