Julie was born and raised in Denver. She was once a barista, a political science student, an a field coordinator for a wind turbine construction site before she felt a call to come to Durango and pursue her passions - illustration, design, and good books. She is now an art major at the Fort and in her free time she loves to ski, hike and take any opportunity to go draw out in the sun! Julie's favorite genres to read are magical realism, scifi/fantasy, and the occasional book of essays - or any book that uses odd typography or is otherwise full of weird things.