Emily Zaynard, a.k.a. iOna SwitchBlade with FoCo Girls Gone Derby
She’s a creative director at Rocky Mountain Publishing by day and a roller derby girl with FoCo Girls Gone Derby by night. Meet Emily Zaynard, who is also known by her derby nickname, iOna SwitchBlade.
Zaynard, originally from Littleton, moved to Fort Collins in 2003 after graduating from Cornell College(Iowa) with a fine arts degree. She was a design intern at Colorado State University, where she learned the technology involved in the graphic design career field. She worked at Crossroads Safehouse and then at The Chronicle newspaper, before being hired at Rocky Mountain Publishing as their creative director in 2009.