University of Nebraska

Northwestern University

Darla Ferrara was a writer for Lifewire covering the topic of XML. She began her career developing accounting applications for a large bank in New Jersey. For the past decade, she has focused on application-specific programming for the Web and graphic design. She has written applications in C, C+, CGI, XML, and ActionScript.

Ferrara is a full-time internationally published freelance writer and an award-winning author. Over the past decade, she has written a memoir for a successful entrepreneur and has created byline articles for USAToday, Jillian Michaels, USARiseUP, Multibrief, MedCity News, LiveStrong, and AOL. Ferrara is known for her ability to make complex topics understandable to everyone.