Kelly Lauren Walker is a third-year journalism major in the magazine sequence. She designed for KD magazine beginning in 2006 and for two terms was editor in chief. She was also an art intern on the 2007 Flux staff. In Sebastopol, California - of western Sonoma County, an hour north of San Francisco - Walker grew up on a farm. Today her passions include drawing and painting, cooking, playing Frisbee, reading, writing, and enjoying nature. She works as a salesperson and assistant in classes at Cook's Pots and Tabletops, a cookware store and cooking school. After she graduates, Walker hopes to find a job designing for a cooking or home and garden magazine in the Northwest.