Niesen received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of Cincinnati, and her M.Ed. from Xavier University. An editor and former beauty writer for plussize.com, she currently writes for the Cincinnati Blog, Conveyor, and her own blog, wine me, dine me (in Cincinnati).

With a background in publishing, food and beauty writing, she has also produced web content for businesses around the country. She loves anything food-related, is a sucker for beauty products, and loves politics, Web 2.0, history, theater, film, and literature and is an Over-the-Rhine evangelist.