USC alum (2012, bachelor’s degree in communication and narrative studies) 

Vista, CA 

Aug. 18, 1989 

 

CAREER 

• She took up skateboarding when seeing it at the 2001 X Games and started competing professionally in 2007 
   

• She competed in the 2016 X Games 
   

• She has won two Vans Park Series European Championships and took a bronze in the World Vert Championships 

 

PERSONAL 

• She originally is from Nowa Sarzyna in Poland and she moved to America when she was 8 years old 
   

• She has been an influential voice in increasing fan and industry support for women’s skateboarding 
   

• She is a documentary filmmaker (she directed “Underexposed: A Women’s Skateboarding Documentary” in 2013) 
   

• She founded the non-profit, EXPOSURE Skate, dedicated to empowering women and girls through skateboarding through education, skate demos and the world’s largest female-only skate contest 
   

• She has worked in public relations and marketing for USC Annenberg, DC Shoes and Red Bull