When Ileana was a young girl in elementary school she received her first camera. Though not remembering if the impact of that gift was big, she certainly remembers taking many photos with it. Mostly wildlife and stills as she was "a little shy" and couldn't ask people to take their photos.
Photography took a back seat for many years as life went on. After attaining two Bachelors degrees from Chico - Political Science and Communication - Ileana was scooped up by the Leon Panetta public policy program and was sent to Washington DC. Working as an intern capitol staffer Grycel was offered a full time job in DC. It didn't take long for Grycel to figure out that her "talents were better used as a grassroots" effort.
