Laurel Aiello
Laurel Aiello has always called Northern Colorado home. A Fort Collins native who now lives in Loveland, she enjoys long bike rides, tending to her garden, paddleboarding at Horsetooth Reservoir, camping and fishing in the mountains and listening to live music on a sunny downtown patio. She married her high school sweetheart in 2022 and is completely obsessed with her Great Pyrenees mix, Twyla. Laurel got her start in magazine writing at Denver Life Magazine and has spent many years writing for regional lifestyle publications, including AvidLifestyle Magazine and NOCO Style. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology from Colorado State University, where she got involved with student media and fell in love with the art of storytelling.

Selected works by the author:

Women Supporting Women

Women Supporting Women

No matter how we define a woman’s success, behind her are dozens, if not hundreds, of others cheering her on, reassuring her there isn’t anything she can’t do.

Summer Sippers

Summer Sippers

There are some drinks that just taste like summer: iced tea, strawberry lemonade and margaritas on the rocks, to name a few. And with so many exceptional restaurants and bars around Northern Colorado, it’s not hard to find the perfect thirst-quencher on a hot afternoon.

Growing Community

Growing Community

A new development has broken ground in southwest Berthoud, but it’s not a typical cookie-cutter project. It’s actually quite the opposite, with custom homes on quarter-acre lots that served as a local family’s farmland for well over a hundred years.