V. Airisun wrote her first poem Watercolor following her graduation from James Madison University in Virginia. In 1985, she met a friend who had a journalism degree and was locally published. With her support, Airisun began an avid interest in some classic and more modern feminists poets, such as Adrienne Rich and Sylvia Plath. Her intense desire for healing herself and the planet stem from recovering from a serious environmental illness and her discovery of her Cherokee roots. She continues to reside in the Blue Ridge Mountains as she pursues her passion for healing with her second book.