psychology, and I had planned to be a therapist. While applying to graduate school in 1999, two forces came together to change the course of my career. I was pregnant with my first child, and my mother was self-publishing a book. I volunteered to help my mom market her book, so I created a website using FrontPage. From that moment on, I was hooked. I began learning everything I could about web design. I had stumbled upon the ideal career for my personality. Web design combines the creative and the logical in perfect balance. I love it. After almost ten years, I still get a little thrill when I write some HTML and CSS and the design comes to life in the browser. I'm a lifetime learner, and I love that web design never gets boring. I had also discovered a career that has allowed me to work at home, which has been important to me as a mother. Do You Think There is a Lack of Female Web Designers? There's no doubt that women are underrepresented in statistics on web design and at industry conferences. On the other hand, I'm not convinced that means there are fewer women working as web designers. I personally know far more women web designers than men. Have You Ever Experienced Any Negativity or Sexism Being in This Industry? Not personally. I have heard of some very public instances of sexism in the industry, and they generally boiled down to old-fashioned sexual harassment and