Since graduating from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a certificate of Film Studies, Despina has returned to their native Providence, Rhode Island. They worked with the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council for over five years.

A non-comprehensive list of their interests include: graffiti, the future, bees, comic book adaptations airing on the CW, dogs, brutalist architecture, neo-Marxist economics, organizational systems, enamel pins, movies and films, that one gif of a raccoon stealing cat food, writing implements, historically inspired typography, small things, print design.