About

I live in Los Angeles with my partner Kristin, our dog Brioche, and our cat Squid, near a group of friends I see as often as possible.

At home I'm usually carving yet another wooden spoon, cuddling with my pets, judging the choices of reality tv contestants, or, my favorite, napping.

For the last ten years I've built the app at Lioness, and people usually have one or two questions about it, so you can read more in Work.

Maggie holding Brie, surrounded by friends in roller skates on the grass by the beach, with palm trees behind them

How I got here

At Duke I studied Computer Science and Women's Studies, hoping, but not expecting, that I'd get to combine them in my career. My junior year I found Lioness. I cold-emailed the team about why their work mattered to me: female pleasure deserves to be talked about without stigma, and it deserves real research.

They invited me to intern for the summer, so I flew out to Berkeley, got a room for a few months, and dove in headfirst. By the end of the summer, the founders pulled me aside to talk about signing on for a longer term position.

In 2016, I walked at graduation while planning to finish up my final two courses over the summer. Life took a different turn - and I chose to pursue my passion while it was available and wrap up the coursework later. Ten years later, I still have those two classes to go, but I'm proud of everything I accomplished at Lioness in the meantime.

Maggie in a cap and gown, holding yellow flowers, with her family in front of Duke Chapel
Still got to walk at graduation though lol