By day, Hanna is the managing editor of Democracy & Education, a scholarly journal about two things she thinks are important. It is published by the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, where she is director of communications. She is also the author of Left Coast Roast, a guidebook to artisan and influential coffee roasters on the West Coast, and The Craft of Espresso. Her writing about coffee, food, and life has appeared in publications including The Art of Eating, The Sun, Travel + Leisure, and Portland Monthly among others. Hanna lives in Portland, Oregon, where there is plenty of good coffee.