Katya Gifford is an Internet Professional who has been working online for 7 years. Her background includes manning help-desks online, professional co-ordinator of volunteer staffs, volunteer program director, designing and running a chat server in The Palace, and technical manual writing. She has created classes and workshops online and off- in everything from HTML to basic PC operation. A professional student, Katya works continually to keep up with the rapid changes on the Internet - her studies have included everything from Computer and Internet Ethics to Network Administration. She has also worked as a freelance Web designer for 5 years, and currently runs one of the largest Humanities sites on the Internet.

A letter from Katya