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Anna Chen, born March 14, 1973 is a Chinese-American journalist and editor in-chief for Sploosh! magazine since 2011 and worked for J14 from 2001-2009.

Early Life
Chen was born in Montclair, New Jersey from first generation Chinese parents Zile Chen and Weiwang Zhu. In her youth, she was extremely shy and quiet, and was not social. In high school, she found an outlet in creative writing, which she majored in at Ramapo University. Chen was not close with her family because they did not support her career path and wanted her to pursue a career in the sciences.

Career
After graduating university, she received an internship with J14 on January 2001, a popular teen gossip magazine. After eight years of working with the magazine, she felt unsatisfied with the magazine, and left to become editor in-chief for Sploosh!, a gossip and fashion magazine. With this, she was caught in a blackmail scandal and loss her job. After her job loss, she began to use cocaine as a mental health outlet. She was then admitted to a rehabilitation center in April 2016 in Malibu, California called Passages Malibu- a famous rehab center for celebrities. After five months in rehab, she was released and decided to create a new path for herself and start a cookbook titled, "Picking Up My Life, One Soufflé at a Time".

Controversy
In 2015, Chen was caught in a journalistic scandal with Sage "Stark" Kim and Sven Ødegârd. Stark has interned with Alexis Ren and now models with Bella Models. Ødegârd is a member of the band Offisieltbrod, a Norwegian group of DJ's. Chen felt as though her career was falling through, and believed that an interview with the up and coming couple would bring her to the top again. After multiple emails and calls, Chen did not receive an interview. The journalist then claimed to have intimate photographs of the couple and proceeds to blackmail them in order to conduct an interview with the two. The interview was not conducted, but the couple then sued Chen which was successful. After the loss of thousands of dollars, Chen began to use drugs around March 2016 and on April 4, 2016 and was admitted into rehabilitation until August 20, 2016.

Currently
Now, Chen spends most of her time advertising and promoting her new cookbook. The cookbook includes recipes based off of her favorite restaurant meals along with creations she made herself. In the print, she includes lactose-free meals, because of her lactose intolerance. After rehabilitation, she believes that it truly changed her life for the better. "Rehab really turned me into the right direction, without it I would have never found my passion for cooking and I would still be struggling in lame teen magazines." (Chen).

Reference
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/annachen