Throughout my high school and college years, I was chronically online. If you sent me a meme, no doubt I had already seen it. I shared videos with my friends before they went viral. I felt a rush live-tweeting during major television events.

When I realized there was potential to turn my fascination with pop culture into a career, I became a BuzzFeed community contributor, writing articles that were promoted to the front page and satisfying my goals of “going viral.”

Take a look at my work below.