Lynsi Burton
Lynsi Burton wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Lynsi is a crime and breaking news reporter for seattlepi.com and is from Seattle. She was a YES! editorial intern in 2009 and also contributes to Seattle Business Magazine.
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