If she could, Anna Young Lombardi would instruct her younger self on the importance of “trusting your judgment … and being honest with the way you feel.” This is the same kind of wisdom Anna put to the test when she left a job at an established luxury magazine to become the first employee of BurnThis, a tech startup seeking to connect people by “making sweat social” with a healthy dose of inspiration.
As senior editor, it’s Anna’s job to build the budding BurnThis brand through curating content on the site, organizing partnerships and managing social media. And it’s a challenge Anna embraces. “Each day, I’m challenged, learning and creating—what can be better than that?”