First Entry

My name is Emily, and I am 34 years old and my job here is to recap the past twenty years of my life.

Let's start with high school.

I participated in all four years of high school at High Tech High, graduating next to some of my best friends. Through out ninth and tenth grade I continued to participate in volunteer work at the San Diego Zoo, telling the public about conservation issues that we all need to help fix. Through this, I got my first Summer job, informing the visitors about the pandas as they passed through quietly.

Next, I went to the University of San Diego, receiving a master's degree in journalism. In between semesters I interned at local magazine and newspaper offices, getting all the extra time in that I could manage. After school, I got a job writing for Alternative Press magazine. Doing so meant that I had to move out to Cleveland, Ohio where the offices were located. I wrote many articles for the good people at Alt. Press, which included getting to interview and meet some of the people I idolized growing up. But, overall my fondest writing memory was publishing my first novel. Seeing my name on the cover of a book is an amazing experience, it's even more exciting seeing someone pick it up and read a bit of it.

I met my husband a few months after my publishing accomplishment, and we currently have two children, Pierre (our adopted son who is now 4), and Violet (our baby girl who just turned 2).