Pollie was born and bred in the Carolinas, where playing games is just part of family life. In 2001 she worked on PuzzleHunt, a big game, for Manbites Dog Theatre in Durham, NC. She moved to NYC in 2005 to attend NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and it opened up for her a whole new world of gaming. In 2006, Pollie, along with three of her friends, was awarded funding by mtvU’s Digital Incubator to develop a game called snagu. Snagu, a photo-phone scavenger hunt, was played in the Come Out and Play Festival and at the mtvU’s Woodie Awards. In her free time, she makes art, designs assistive technology and is an active member of Gaia. Pollie holds a BFA in Communication Arts from East Carolina University and a Masters from ITP. By the way, she finds NYC nice, but she hearts Jersey City.