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Erin Finnegan

Erin Finnegan's thesis project, located at hello-world.tv, takes on a Sesame Street-like approach for teaching kids to code. Erin currently provides technical support for students and teachers in the Animation Area of Tisch School of the Arts Film and Television Department at New York University. She received her BFA from the Department of Film & TV at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and her MFA in Interactive Technology from the same school. Before coming back to Tisch, Erin worked as a Production Coordinator on several animated television shows, including Codename Kids Next Door. She wrote about Japanese cartoons and comics for several publications, including Otaku USA Magazine and Animenewsnetwork.com. Erin's zero gravity wedding is listed in the 2011 Guinness Book of World Records.