about

Currently a freelance writer and photographer in Seattle, JiaYing Grygiel covers parenting, food, homes and design.

Her broad experience in journalism ranges from writing for The Seattle Times, editing for MSN.com, designing for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and shooting for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She's appeared on KUOW and KING5 to talk about parenting, and was a lead contributor to the ParentMap book, 52 Seattle Adventures with Kids.

JiaYing holds a M.S. in photography and a B.S. in magazine journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. The mother of 2 young boys, she blogs about exploring the city with children at photoj.net.

JiaYing is a native Mandarin speaker. Combined with a Polish surname, she's used to getting her name bungled a lot. (Hint: JiaYing Grygiel rhymes with "flying eagle.")

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