Shayna Ely Chamberlin was born in Cedar City, Utah and has lived in several states including Utah, Arizona, California, and Kentucky. She has worked as a receptionist at a law firm, birthday party hostess, and gymnastics coach. The document compares technology and life from when she was younger like rotary phones and radio to modern times with cell phones, digital cameras, and social media. It also mentions her first trip out of the country was to England for a friend's wedding and then to Paris for a bachelorette party where she observed cultural differences between America and Europe.