A native Texan, Shanna grew up just outside of Dallas. She moved to Austin to attend The University of Texas, where she’s stayed since, minus a stint working as a freelance writer and Web editor in Prague. Her degrees in journalism and Czech come in less handy these days for her Webmaster job, but she is still a compulsive copy editor and will speak Czech badly after a couple of beers. She’s contributed to The Prague Post, Texas Music Magazine, and Citysearch, among others. In her spare time, you can find her out and about with her boyfriend and their two rescue doggies or relaxing on a patio or porch in South Austin… Or if she’s really lucky, off traveling or SCUBA diving in Mexico, which she’d rather be doing at all given times. Though, these days, she spends most of her time wondering why the hell she was crazy enough to sign up for triathlon training.