Meg Jose Mateo is a writer, editor, creative director, and stylist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently, she’s an Editorial Director at Penguin Random House.
PREVIOUS work: writing
CHERRY BOMBE
A nostalgic trip to Los Angeles with Cheryl Day (right) as she reflects on how an “L.A. girl came to be known as a Southern baker.” Learn more about her in Cherry Bombe (No. 13, “Baker’s Dozen”).
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previous WORK: writing
sunset Magazine
Farming is normally a family tradition. But with the buy-local movement comes a new generation farmers who didn’t grow up on farms. “From the Ground Up” features three California growers—Kristyn Leach of Namu Farms, Kenny Likitprakong of Hobo Wines, and Daniele Strawn of Jolee Blooms—who went from novice to in-the-know, creating farms on their own terms.
previous WORK: STYLING & SET DESIGN
MODERN LUXURY Silicon Valley
In this issue of Modern Luxury Silicon Valley, I worked with EIC Anh-Minh Le to create the chalkboard set for the cover story on Robyn Sue Fisher, founder of Smitten Ice Cream. Doodling a whole wall science-y diagrams was both fun and therapeutic.
