Jerica Pender is a contributing writer for USA TODAY Homefront. She’s written about mold prevention strategies, what to do with an unused fireplace, how to reduce plastics in the home and how to make small spaces work for families.

Jerica’s work has been published in the Washington Post and various regional publications.

When Jerica is not writing, she swings a hammer to remodel her Olympia, Washington, home. She loves to travel to national parks with her family and hopes to visit them all.