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A.J. Fish is a programmer-journalist with resume entries from ad tech, public health and daily journalism jobs who has survived relationships with manipulative people. She also navigated the U.S. health system and reached wellness after diagnosis with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

Fish holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics, achieved after first dabbling in forestry studies.

Fish's grandfather Evander MacLeod emigrated out of Scotland in the 1930s, as did Mary Anne MacLeod, who happens to be the late mother of one current presidential candidate. Fish has no definitive proof of familial relations with said candidate.

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AJ Fish is a programmer-journalist living in San Francisco. Among a spectrum of niche jobs, she worked as a software engineer under USAID's Public Health Institute during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak. [aj.fishsf at gmail]