bio: EMCON was born in the wrong generation – she should have been born in the year 2525 so she could spend her days looting old spaceships. instead, she lives in New England, with her miniature schnauzer Lil Dolly Parton, and works a day job in IT.

hobbies: writing, cryptography/steganography, hacking, Shotokan karate, polymer clay/miniatures, crosswords

languages: english, spanish

interests: lego, calico critters/sylvanian families, space, weather phenomena, animals, geography, sci-fi, the paranormal, dreams, radio, diary of a wimpy kid lore, poetry, snoopy, studio ghibli, peach riot, monster high (draculaura and twyla!), american girl

media: star wars, marvel/agents of shield, mr. robot, the boys, doctor who

music: talking heads, bad bunny, sigur ros, bastille, johnny cash, bruce springsteen, meat loaf, john denver, lil nas x, david bowie, janelle monae, queen, elton john, abba, dolly parton, taylor swift, m83, sleeping at last, hozier

Other

• EMCON is really passionate about online privacy, digital rights, anti-surveillance (+anti-surveillance capitalism), cybersecurity, and anonymity
• Her favorite animals are bats, sheep, and axolotls
• EMCON is a former radio host (DJ EMCON) for an independent station in the Northeast US, where she ran a weekly prime-time paranormal radio show.
• EMCON is a WWE fan. Her favorites are Rhea Ripley, C.M. Punk, Sami Zayn, American Nightmare, and of course Paul Heyman.