Hi there! My name is Nyco Herzog. Nyco, or Mrs. Herzog, will do just fine.
I came to Portland in the summer of 2005 with my soul mate, Jared Herzog (you can call him Jed). Before that I lived in South Carolina, where I graduated from Clemson University with a BS in Industrial Technology Education. We love this city for it's proactive tech community, political openness, and people from all walks of life.
Some of my shining moments:
While in college I held a weekly tutoring session for student-athletes who were struggling with AutoCAD. It was me, in a computer lab, surrounded by as many as twenty football players who were at least twice my size. None of them failed the Computer-aided Design class we were taking together, though.
For eight months I was a shop girl at a comic book store. I have a box of collectible comic books and a ceramic bust of Optimus Prime to show for it.
I ran a movie-making contest while on staff at Clemson University. It was called "Lights, Camera, Clemson!" and was open to the entire University. If you search YouTube.com, I'm pretty sure you'll find the spoof a group of guys submitted to the judges. It was hilarious, but unfortunately had to be disqualified for not adhering to the contest guidelines.
That was then. When not working at AboutUs, I spend most of my time socializing and playing with my dog, Charlie. I also enjoy walking from place to place, sipping coffee, reading, and playing video games.
