Summer has spent the last decade as a Brand Strategist and Marketer, working in a variety of roles in some of the world’s best ad agencies and Fortune 100 companies. She currently works for an AI-based software company that is modernizing the construction industry. When she’s not working her 9-5 or running DIY GRRL you can find Summer spearheading The Monarch Club - East Humboldt Park’s Small Business Block Club, gardening, antique-ing, or grabbing a slice of pie from Spinning J. Summer lives in Humboldt Park with her husband and two dogs.