Julia has an education in astronomy and astrobiology, has worked at two NASA centers, and currently teaches science at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California. She is also a co-founder of SAGAN.net and started Distant Vantage Media Labs (www.distantvantage.org) an up-and-coming media group with an objective of demystifying scientific concepts using multimedia. Their most notable project is Space in Your Face! - a seasonal outreach event based in Denver, communicating space-science in exciting ways.