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Fran - 259 WEst

Hey there, I'm Fran!

Librarian turned web designer + creative

My passion is helping women who are ready to spend less time tinkering with their websites and more time doing what they love. I love creating beautiful, modern, and easy to update websites for women just like you. Whether this is your first website or you've been at it for years, I'll be there every step of the way to help you run your business with confidence, clarity, and ease

My #1 goal is to help you make your online spaces they own without fear

here is how I can help you

Need a one-of-a-kind look for your blog? Let's work together on a custom design!
Want a new look for your blog without breaking the bank? Check out my WordPress themes
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Get some WordPress 101 help + tutorials
Check out my favorite blogging resources!
Get back on track with the Level Up! Blog Planner
Love WordPress but hate dealing with updates and deleting spam? Leave it all to me!

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME

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Born and raised in Santiago, Chile I moved to the U.S. alongside my mom in 2004 in search for our version of the American dream. When I was a senior in high school, I began working at the local library - mostly because I already knew more than half of the student staff and I reaaaaally hated my job at the movie theater (free pop-corn can only go so far, friends).

In the meantime, like all peeps my age I was spending inordinate amounts of time on MySpace (the good ol' days). Unlike all my friends, instead of trying to decide who’d be on my top friends, I agonized over pixels and hex codes. No premade template would do.

It is during this time of working at a library + playing around on online that I discovered that I’m really good with computers and I LOVE helping people.

As a young newlywed, I was unsure about what to do when it came to my education until one day it hit me: I needed to work at a library again. So, I finished my Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at the University of Washington and immediately jumped in into my Master of Science in Library and Information Science, graduating in March 2016 from UW's iSchool.

I'm currently residing in the Pacific Northwest, alongside my husband, our two fur babies and our two tiny humans, Joey and Ben.

Things that make me go woah:

green tea, the ocean, quilting, Florence and the Machine,
tacos, rainy days and reading under the blanket.

You can also find me at

COTTON + JOY

a modern quilting studio

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