Where's that girl coming from?

More than you ever need to know about Lizzy…

Lizzy McGlynn is an energetic young woman, proudly hailing from Lubbock, Texas, the Hub City of the South Plains. Like many of the creative personalities from Lubbock, including Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Joe Ely, and the Flatlanders, Lizzy felt both inspired and trapped by growing up in such an isolated environment. Lubbock continues to be an important influence and ironic source of pride for Lizzy, even as she lives hundreds of miles away in Brooklyn, New York, enjoying city life.

After 18 years of Lubbock, Lizzy proceeded to Denton, TX where she attempted to fulfill her dreams as a singer/songwriter in one of the most prestigious music programs in the country: The University of North Texas. Like so many aspiring young musicians, she realized that she simply wasn't that good and instead decided to fulfill the family legacy of Academia.

After graduating from the Honors Program at the University of North Texas, Lizzy proceeded immediately to graduate school at the University of Delaware to pursue her PhD in Social Psychology and quantitative methods. Having spent one summer in NYC, her longing for the creative energy of the place and the people once again forced her to realize that her career goals were out of whack. While she relished the educational environment and the field of Social Psychology, quantitative research and publication were removed from applying the ideas she loved. Finally, she decided to try to share her perspective with the world through her creative pursuits. Submitting to her long time love of public radio and newfound love for city life, she permanently moved to NYC to try to break into the biz. Meanwhile, she survived by employing her training in social science and statistics as a researcher writing surveys and analyzing data for the Harris Poll.

In the fall of 2002, Lizzy began an MFA in Television and Radio Production at Brooklyn College. This was her first professional step toward enacting years of yearning to be involved in educational broadcasting. During this time, she had fantastic experiences interning at the Arts division at Channel Thirteen, New York's local PBS affiliate, and at The Brian Lehrer Show, New York's most preeminent daily call in radio show. Both interning experiences led to further paid employment working on programs she is proud of.

To complete the MFA, Lizzy produced a television documentary using a sociological lens to examine happy hour and American attitudes towards drinking alcohol. She also produced several radio works and directed live switch programming. Subsequent to her education, Lizzy continues to enroll in classes that inspire her ideas for production. Currently, she is working for NOW on PBS, the weekly news magazine investigating current issues in American life and policy. She has worked on other TV productions such as major network promotions and ABC News Productions.

Lizzy plans to continue her career focusing on work congruent with her mission of educational broadcasting. While she is currently doing television, she has several radio productions in the works and appreciates both media.

Lizzy is happily married to a talented web developer and web/video/interactive designer, Mark Reilly. They live in Brooklyn, NY, love travel, and happily visit their families in Lubbock, TX and Dublin, Ireland as frequently as possible.

Please check back, as Lizzy is always in progress!