Alana Pedalino

Alana Pedalino is a junior journalism major at the University of Maryland. She manages a blog for MaDCap, a Washington, D.C.-based podcast; acts as the copy desk chief for The Diamondback, the university's independent student newspaper; and contributes to The Aquarian Weekly, a N.J.-based alternative music weekly. She aspires to become an executive editor and/or have her own globetrotting television show like Anthony Bourdain. She loves art, fashion, cats, vinyl records, writing, poetry and editing.