Lisa Spinelli is the Content Manager at a local tech startup as well as a freelance journalist and editor with over 10 years of experience.

She spent her formative years living mostly in Rome, Italy and loving nearly every minute of it. After living out of boxes for more years than she can count, she's finally settled back in Northern Virginia, right outside Washington, D.C.

After receiving her Master of Science degree in journalism from Columbia University in 2004, Lisa worked across the country and in Italy as a journalist, editor and Web editor. She has published hundreds of articles with such reputable news sources as the Fast Company, Mental Floss, the Associated Press news wire, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Boston Phoenix, Red Herring, Patch, Oklahoma Gazette and many more.

In addition to her reporting and editing skills, she has also spoken at Columbia University about New Media topics and developed and edited videos, photos and infographics and written press releases, blog posts, white papers, ebooks and website content—among many other PR materials—for a number of non- and for-profit organizations. She has managed media teams and social media accounts to help build a community of readers and has been writing a dual-memoir for longer than she cares to admit.

In her spare time, she's found swimming, dancing in her kitchen with her three children, or trying out every Italian restaurant in the tri-state area.