EDUCATION/CAREER TRACK: Journalism degree from the University of Florida; National Arts Journalism Program fellow; I started out as a news reporter in Miami, northern New Jersey and Milwaukee before coming to Dallas to write about pop music

MOST UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE ON THE JOB: Living in New York for a year studying at Columbia University; close seconds: Traveling to Brazil to cover Survivor: The Amazon and to Boston to interview Aerosmith

SOMETHING PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME: I prefer live theater, music and dance to TV and film

IF I HAD TWO SPARE HOURS, I WOULD: Hang out with my friends

I AM ALWAYS ENTERTAINED BY: Thoughtfully juvenile comedy