Muriel Vega

Projects, Appearances, and more

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker at the 2015 Southeast Journalism Conference at Georgia State University.
• Speaker at the 2015 Atlanta Zine Fest. Co-led a panel on "Finding Your Girl Gang: Women Writers Collaborating vs. Competing."
• Speaker at the Atlanta Contemporary's 2015 Youth Summit.
• Judge at the 2015 Adair Park Porches & Pies Festival.
• Moderator + Panelist at A3C Music Festival & Conference 2016.
• Speaker at the Fall National College Media Convention 2016.
• Panelist at General Assembly's Social Media ROI: More than Numbers. 
• Panelist at A3C Music Festival & Conference 2017.
• Moderator for General Assembly's Women in Tech Breakfast.
• Moderator for Thinkful's Future of Atlanta Tech in November 2017.
• Panelist at Walthall Fellowship's Social media and PR for artists panel.
• Co-led WonderRoot's youth program, Press Play, for 8 weeks in Winter 2018.
• Panelist at General Assembly's Leaders In Tech Breakfast.

Press

• A WABE interview about the Atlanta BeltLine.
• TIME picks up my xoJane article on my pie challenge.
• Ann Friedman shared my PIE zine on her newsletter. She also contributed a pie chart to the zine.
• The Atlanta Community Food Bank shares my PIE zine story.
• Writer Cindy Arora interviewed me about my PIE zine.
• Womanzine included my PIE zine in their Fall 2015 subscription package.
• Interview on the Good Gracious podcast about CommonCreativ ATL
• Featured on Yelp Atlanta's Takeover Tuesday.
• Featured on local photography projects, Figure & Ground.
• Guest on Sage's Advice US podcast (with companion blog post on Atlanta's tech scene).

Projects

• #muriels50pies — a year-long project where I baked 50 pies
• PIE zine — a small zine to commemorate the conclusion of my 50-pie challenge, with contributions from writers across the country. The sold-out zine raised over $800 for the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
• CommonCreativ ATL — an online magazine about all things art in Atlanta.