{"id":224287,"date":"2025-08-21T22:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localgirlsol.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=224287"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T01:04:55","slug":"contributors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Contributors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/the-local-girl-our-contributors-800x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"the local girl our contributors\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/the-local-girl-our-contributors-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/the-local-girl-our-contributors-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/the-local-girl-our-contributors-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/the-local-girl-our-contributors-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/the-local-girl-our-contributors.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"224287\" class=\"elementor elementor-224287\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8837d0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8837d0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20cce92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-localgirl-author-box\" data-id=\"20cce92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"localgirl-author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-author abio-style-1 bioimg-round\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"author-img\">\n                <img alt='' src='https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/migration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/cropped-jen-hoboken-100x100.jpg' srcset='https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/migration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/cropped-jen-hoboken-200x200.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"author-content\">\n                <h5>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/author\/jen\/\" title=\"Author Jennifer Tripucka\" rel=\"author\">Jennifer Tripucka<\/a>                <\/h5>\n\n                \n                                Jen is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Local Girl Media Group. Before her media career started at Conde Nast and then full-time at TLG, she worked as a public school educator in the Bloomfield Public Schools for 5 years. Jen started the sites to discover the amazing things happening in the New Jersey area and to highlight local businesses. When not shopping small or eating her way through North Jersey, she can usually be found walking her two pups, watching Bravo TV, and ordering takeout with her husband.\n                \n                <div class=\"bio-social\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46bb859 elementor-widget elementor-widget-localgirl-author-box\" data-id=\"46bb859\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"localgirl-author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-author abio-style-1 bioimg-round\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"author-img\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/joelle.jpg\" alt=\"Joelle Hernandez\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/><\/a>            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"author-content\">\n                <h5>\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joelle Hernandez<\/a>                <\/h5>\n\n                \n                                <p>Joelle Hernandez is the Director of Marketing at The Local Girl Media and a proud Hoboken resident since January 2017. A 2014 honors graduate of Loyola University Maryland, she holds a B.A. in Journalism and Advertising. Since making Hoboken home, Joelle has immersed herself in the local community\u2014joining various volunteer efforts and even launching a small business with her sister, Jordan, called Double Dough. When she\u2019s not working, you can find her trying out new desserts or testing out the latest fitness classes in town.<\/p>\n                \n                <div class=\"bio-social\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f966b elementor-widget elementor-widget-localgirl-author-box\" data-id=\"61f966b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"localgirl-author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-author abio-style-1 bioimg-round\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"author-img\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jordan-Hernandez-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Hernandez\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/><\/a>            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"author-content\">\n                <h5>\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Hernandez<\/a>                <\/h5>\n\n                \n                                <p>Jordan Hernandez has been a proud Hoboken resident since January 2017. She dove head first into the local community immediately joining various volunteer efforts, countless workout classes, and contributing to HG all within the first few months. Since the start of her time in town she has launched a small business with her twin sister Joelle called Double Dough and a local book community called Completely Booked. When she\u2019s not working, you can find her reading a good book, trying a new dessert, running along the waterfront, or stopping to say hi to every dog she passes.<\/p>\n                \n                <div class=\"bio-social\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3686d67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-localgirl-author-box\" data-id=\"3686d67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"localgirl-author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-author abio-style-1 bioimg-round\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"author-img\">\n                <img alt='' src='https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/migration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/sam-100x100.jpg' srcset='https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/migration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/sam-200x200.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"author-content\">\n                <h5>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/author\/samanthai\/\" title=\"Author Samantha Impaglia\" rel=\"author\">Samantha Impaglia<\/a>                <\/h5>\n\n                \n                                Samantha is a Montclair State graduate, where she studied television, digital media, + sports journalism. She loves sharing her view of the world through her writing, and has covered everything from professional ice hockey and volleyball to travel destinations and new restaurants. She has been a New Jersey resident her whole life. You can find her searching for local coffee shops, places to shop for clothes and new plants, watching hockey, or planning her next Disney World trip.\n                \n                <div class=\"bio-social\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92189f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-localgirl-author-box\" data-id=\"92189f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"localgirl-author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-author abio-style-1 bioimg-round\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"author-img\">\n                <img alt='the fairfax girl' src='https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/steph-100x100.jpg' srcset='https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/steph-200x200.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"author-content\">\n                <h5>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/author\/stephanies\/\" title=\"Author Stephanie Spear\" rel=\"author\">Stephanie Spear<\/a>                <\/h5>\n\n                \n                                Stephanie Spear is the Deputy Editor for The Local Girl Media Group. She is a born-and-raised Beltway insider, and life brought her to New Jersey. She started working with the team as a freelance copy editor, started writing more, and learned that New Jersey does, in fact, have the best pizza and bagels in all the land. When she and her husband moved back to the DC area, she brought TLG along and is working on The Fairfax Girl, TLG's first licensee. Stephanie has a background in public policy, working for nearly 20 years in and around the federal government and is a licensed attorney. She has an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Richmond and a juris doctorate from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.\n                \n                <div class=\"bio-social\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e782bfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-localgirl-author-box\" data-id=\"e782bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"localgirl-author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-author abio-style-1 bioimg-round\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"author-img\">\n                <img alt='' src='https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/melanie-200x200.jpg' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"author-content\">\n                <h5>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/author\/melaniej\/\" title=\"Author Melanie Jensen\" rel=\"author\">Melanie Jensen<\/a>                <\/h5>\n\n                \n                                Melanie is a recent graduate from George Mason University where she studied communication and journalism. 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