About

Aubrey Ellen Shomo is a twenty-five-year-old transgendered writer, filmmaker, activist, hacker, psychiatric survivor, entrepreneur, network engineer, and dreamer. She is currently a student at St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM. She has been published in Open Minds Quarterly, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, and Transgender Tapestry.

Press

  • Whiz kid is tech muse: Shomo, 17, is CEO of network company
  • Essay

  • The Manifesto of a Noncompliant Mental Patient
  • Music

  • A Minuet Near D Minor (score) (mp3)
  • Films

  • The Hippocratic Oath (Film Your Issue)
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Pain in My Ass
  • Hearse Driver Music Video (cinematographer)
  • The Anti-Piracy Parody (cinematographer)


  • Interview

  • Voices of Hope and Recovery: Our Stories, Our Lives
  • Personal Experiences with the Mental Health System: Emerging Intact

  • Publication Credits

    Open Minds QuarterlyEssay (~1000 words)
    "The Manifesto of a Noncompliant Mental Patient"
    Published in the Spring 2007 Issue. (Volume IX, Issue I) and widely reprinted.
    Referenced by the article "Insight" in the journal Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses written by Gareth Fenley.
    Transgender TapestryArticle (~3000 words)
    "The Psychotic SOC"
    Published in Issue #110, October of 2006.
    2600: The Hacker QuarterlyArticle (~800 words)
    "Physically Accessing Your Apartment with Skype"
    Published in the Winter 2005-2006 Issue. (Vol. 22, No. 4)
    DemocraticUnderground.comColumn (~700 words)
    "A Pacifist's First Day in Shooting Class"
    Published Online December 14th, 2005.
    Telicom (The Journal of ISPE)Autobiographical Sketch
    Published in the Nov/Dec 2005 Issue (Vol. XVII, No. 4)
    "Insight"Poem
    Published in the March/April 2006 Issue (Vol. XIX, No. 2)
    "Guerilla"Poem
    Published in the July/August 2006 Issue (Vol. XIX, No. 4)

    Honors

    Honorable Mention, Best Freshman Annual EssayEssay
    Lecretius: On The Invisible
    St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 2009
    Semi-Finalist, Film Your IssueFilm
    "The Hippocratic Oath"
    Film Your Issue, 2006
    Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Training SupportAnti-terrorism training
    Given in association with the Rocky Mountain Internet eXchange
    regarding how a terrorist might attack the Internet at large.
    Special Forces ODA 082, 2002
    State Award Winner, Invent AmericaInvention
    Justin's EZ ZZZZZ's
    Invent America, Colorado, 1992



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