Dionna Mash is a writer, do-gooder, and California native. Born and raised in San Diego, she is now ecstatic to finally be residing in her mother’s hometown of San Francisco. She got an early start in writing when she realized that math was never going to be her strong subject, and reading and writing naturally became her forte in school. She recently graduated from California State University Chico where she studied instructional design and technology and communication design. Since, she has been pursuing a career in journalism to fulfill her passion in writing, public relations, and social media marketing. In her spare time Dionna loves to explore new restaurants, discover small craft breweries and wineries, shop for her shoe fetish, and is always on the hunt to find a “hole in the wall” coffee shop to settle down in. She likes to stay active in her community and was volunteering regularly with the Community Action Volunteers and Education program in college where she served as a Group leader organizing weekly trips to senior homes to make crafts and play games. She also volunteers with national parks and can be seen spending her weekends cleaning up Golden Gate Park and restoring trails. Dionna has written for news organizations such as KHSL-TV in Chico, California where she interned in the newsroom, and wrote a weekly sex and relationship column in The Orion newspaper. Before residing in Bay Area, Dionna was living in Denver, Colorado where she worked at an interactive marketing agency by day and served at an upscale wine bar by night. She’s currently in the process of writing a book titled “A Green Apron’s Point of View,” where she narrates an entertaining six years of her life as a Starbucks barista.