Columnist Bios
Mona Says – Mona Elyafi
Mona Elyafi is the founder and CEO of ILDK Media, a boutique Los Angeles based entertainment Public Relations Company - www.ILDKMedia.com
As long time publicist/writer, Elyafi has authored numerous articles turning herself into the invisible voice behind some of the most recognizable faces in the entertainment arena such as Billie Myers, Chaka Khan, James Brown, Rick James, Gloria Gaynor, Taylor Dayne, Rick Springfield and the legendary Club Skirts The Dinah – the largest Lesbian event in the world.
She is presently the Hollywood press correspondent for the Egyptian-based high-end English written fashion magazine DIVA for which she’s written feature stories on Eva LaRue (CSI Miami), Jillian Michaels (The Biggest Loser), Dr.Andrew Ordon (The Doctors), Judy Reyes (Scrubs) and Christopher Ciccone (My Life with my Sister Madonna), among others.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, raised in Paris, France, she received her Master degree from New York University. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Ask The Expert – Emily Wilcox
Emily Wilcox is a Relationship Expert and Advice Columnist for SheWired out of Los Angeles. She has dedicated her life to the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge in love relationships. Emily believes that you can only transform your relationships by first changing yourself. “We operate in our relationships based on thoughts of the past. Who we chose as a mate carries a great significance from our childhoods. And it is with that understanding that we can heal old wounds. Relationship don’t have problems—people do!”
Michelle’s Marathon Madness and Queeried – Michelle Penny
Michelle Penny is the lead writer and head honcho at Queeried, and a die hard, bore you to death advocate of LGBT rights.
Having something of a varied background, Michelle tried to avoid entering the scary world of work by first studying Sports Therapy at the University of Hertfordshire before deciding she didn’t want to actually want to wiggle people’s legs and asking if it hurt for the rest of her life, and did something of a U turn beginning a second degree in Social Policy that saw her not only gain a 1st (quite how she managed that we’ll never know), but also sparked a passion to rid the world of inequality that she spent the last three years studying.
On top of that rather large challenge, Michelle is also a somewhat unenthusiastic runner who is currently training for the LA Marathon, which she will be running in aid of The Jed Foundation. Chronicling this journey as part of her weekly Marathon Madness column, Michelle hopes that she will get to the finish line before the next marathon begins.
When she’s not running or writing her column Michelle can be found keeping Queeried up to date with the latest LGBT news as well contributing to a range of other websites.
