About Me

The Skinny
I'm a twenty-something bi-racial girl (Black & Dineh), originally from New Mexico, but mostly raised in Southern California. I currently live between Los Angeles and New York City.

Schoolin' Me
I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Comparative Media Studies from MIT. I received my master's degree in Communication Management, with an emphasis in Online Communities, from the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

Social Media Butterfly
I started writing for the web in 1999 as a blogger, but this was before we called it "blogging." I started my own blog in late 2002 on a hosted blogging platform. I ended up hating the inflexibility of hosted blogs, so I figured out how to host my blog on my own website in 2003. Thus, a star was born. I initially began blogging under numerous pseudonyms before I finally settled down to write under my own name in 2007. These days, I pretty much spend most of my 'net time on social media websites. The Flickrs, the Twitters, and such. The cool thing is, all my years of wasting time working in this space has paid off. I now get paid to do this at my day job, and I love it.

Hobbies, or lack thereof
My hobby really is the web. I know, I sound real non-well-rounded. I like to design & develop sites when I get the time  to sit and chill. Designing and developing is how I started on the web. I'm not saying I'm the bomb designer, but I definitely love learning and practicing design and development when I have the time. Other hobbies entail finding good music, watching good and bad TV. I also like to write, at least, in terms of screenwriting. I'm also a sorority girl, a fact that most of my friends tend to forget.

Career Interests
Originally I wanted to be a screenwriter for television (sitcoms) and eventually a show runner (I know, why go to MIT for this?). Funny thing happened on my way to film school: the Internet became the biggest distraction, and well, the Internet is taking over. These days, I'm interested in working with how television (and celebrities) interact and intersect with the web. I also have a special place in my heart for publishing and its intersection with the web.

Other Interests
I'm Black. I'm Native American (Navajo, for the slow folks). I'm female. I am always interested in how these groups use and consume content on the web, as well as how they're represented in this space.

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