Hola.

Mariel grew up in Puerto Rico playing records on her Fisher Price turntable, sailing paper boats in sidewalk gutters after (and sometimes during) rainstorms, and training as a gymnast 20+ hours a week. After moving to Northern California in fifth grade, she devoted most of her energy to making mixtapes and researching UFOs.

In high school, Mariel moved to Washington D.C., where she fell in love with Sassy Magazine and started hanging out in bookstores for fun. She also rode across the U.S. on the back of a Harley-Davidson, and lived in a VW bus in Vermont for a while.

After college, Mariel joined the founding editorial team at The FADER Magazine, worked in music marketing at Microsoft, established the voice and tone of design startup Fab.com, helped refine the way iconic American brand Gap speaks to its customers, and joined an award-winning creative team at Airbnb.

Currently, Mariel is the senior writer of an experience design team at Apple.