> Name Alex Glow
> Occupation Video host
> Community role Maker leader
> Website @glowascii
If you’re involved at all with the online maker community, you’ve definitely seen Alex Glow’s face somewhere. Whether doing video tutorials, unboxing, interviewing, or just generally showing off a very cool project, she’s everywhere.
“When I was a kid, I’d take apart anything”, Alex says about her maker history. “Keyboards, dolls, and so on. I was raised by many people with their own creative endeavours: my bio-dad showed me how to solder, my foster parents taught me to crochet, and my adoptive parents made amazing Halloween costumes, foods, and home improvements. As a preteen, I got really into fountain pens and creating illuminated manuscripts; then, costumes, cut paper, and 2D wire drawings. I joined…
