About

Kristy Jo Volchko is an award-winning author, editorial reviewer, vocalist, radio host, and Pittsburgh-area Realtor whose life and work are connected by a love of people, creativity, community, and the stories that bring us together.

Kristy began writing poetry, music, and stories as a child and went on to become a published, multi-genre author. Her books have received a number of literary awards and honors over the years, but for Kristy, the greatest reward has always been knowing that something she created made someone laugh, think, feel understood, or see life from a different, more compassionate perspective.

In 2001, she founded Cackleberry Creek Publishing, with a special emphasis on children’s literature and projects that encourage imagination, learning, healthy children, and strong family relationships. Children and families remain especially close to her heart.

That commitment extends beyond storytelling. Kristy is passionate about literacy and access to books and libraries, as well as programs that provide free meals and other important resources to children, families, and communities. Her advocacy interests also include human rights, MCS research, and food allergy and anaphylaxis awareness. She believes that knowledge, nourishment, safety, dignity, and opportunity should never be luxuries.

Kristy also offers coaching, education, and supportive guidance centered on non-toxic, holistic living, personal growth and transformation, grief and trauma-informed management, hospice, with expertise in MCS/EI consulting, education and navigation.

Her work explores creativity, self-discovery, environmental wellness, and the meaningful relationship between our surroundings and our emotional and physical well-being—helping others create lives and spaces that feel more balanced, intentional, and healthy.

Her curiosity about people and places carries into her work as a Pittsburgh-area Realtor, where every home, family, and neighborhood has a story of its own.

Today, Kristy’s creative journey is expanding through Frequency 74, an evolving home for radio, music, storytelling, thoughtful conversation, holistic living, personal growth, curiosity, and exploration. It brings together many of the interests that have followed her throughout her life while leaving plenty of room to discover what comes next.

Whether she’s writing a story, singing into a microphone, exploring an old house, advocating for something she believes matters, or following a new creative idea, Kristy remains guided by a simple philosophy: Stay curious. Tell good stories. Help where you can. And leave a little more light behind than you found…

She also raises awareness for causes close to her heart, including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, global literacy initiatives, No Kid Hungry, UNICEF, Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), and mastocytosis/MCAD research and awareness.

Kristy lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she continues to share her love of storytelling, all things ’80s, and tries to stay out of trouble.