Meet Lemonly's 2025 Slice Interns: Miriam & Maddie

Hello from the 2025 Slice crew!

Maddie Murphy and I (Miriam Drabek) are thrilled to be joining the Lemonly team as this summer’s Slice interns. We spent our first few weeks learning the ropes, and now Maddie is working organizational magic as a member of the account service team, and I’m spending my time writing and editing as a member of the content team.

Our welcome to Lemonly wouldn’t be complete without the classic Q&A, so read on for our answers to Lemonly’s burning questions.

The basics

First things first.

Tell us a little about your background. Hometown? College and major? Past jobs?

Miriam: I was born and raised in Savage, MN, which is a suburb of the Twin Cities that in no way reflects its name. “Minnesota nice” is in my blood. In the fall, I’ll start my senior year at Dordt University, where I study English and work as a TA, proofreader, and newspaper copy editor.

Maddie: I’m from Marshall, MN, not too far from Sioux Falls. No matter where life takes me, I will hang on to my Minnesotan accent forever! I will be entering my senior year at South Dakota State University in the fall (Go Jacks!), where I study advertising, marketing, and entrepreneurship. At SDSU, I work both as an advertising sales manager for our school newspaper and an admissions ambassador.

What do you like to do in your free time?

Miriam: I love crafting!! Right now I’m learning to crochet, but over the years I’ve dabbled in wire sculpting, jewelry making, calligraphy, finger knitting, and painting. I also love reading, writing, and playing Zelda video games.

Maddie: I’m a social butterfly and love to be surrounded by people! In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, going shopping and thrifting, working out, being outdoors, and making the next best gluten-free meal.

A few favorite things

Next up, the things we can’t live without.

What’s your favorite app? Appetizers or mobile apps are both fair game.

Miriam: Cheese fries. Hands down. Especially if they’re from Outback Steakhouse, but I’ll accept them from almost anywhere. For mobile apps, I love Finch. It’s a self-care app where you take care of a little bird by taking care of yourself, and your little bird can be friends with your friends’ little birds, and it’s really lovely.

Maddie: I’m a chip and dip girl, tried-and-true. As for mobile apps, I’m often knee-deep in Pinterest, creating boards for every life occasion. If I’m not doing that, I love a good scroll on Instagram.

What’s your favorite genre of music to work to?

Miriam: I usually pick something instrumental because I get far too distracted by lyrics. I love the Lo-Fi Sunday and Piano Chill playlists on Apple Music.

Maddie: I’m not much of a music person; I usually work best in silence or with a background movie!

Do you have a favorite podcast, blog, or source of inspiration you’d recommend?

Miriam: My current favorite podcast is a short story podcast called LeVar Burton Reads. In each episode, the host reads a short story with sound effects and music. The stories are super diverse and almost always get me thinking critically.

Maddie: My favorite podcast is called What We Said. It’s the perfect mix of pop culture, fashion, and girlbossing. It always gives me a good laugh, but it also helps me reflect on how to be the best version of myself as a friend, family member, and coworker.

Life at Lemonly 

How we got here and why we’re excited to stay.

What drew you to Lemonly?

Miriam: The Lemonly voice! I started looking at the internship because it involved writing (yay writing!), but I knew I had to apply when I dove into the website and found myself surrounded by voice-y writing and great vibes.

Maddie: Lemonly’s people-centeredness, in both their internal team and their external client work. I have been a long-time fan and follower of Lemonly, and even from the outside, I could see how much the company values its people! The atmosphere, type of work, and structure of Lemonly are like nothing else. Being able to intern here is certainly a dream come true! Oh, and maybe because the Green Bay Packers are a client, Go Pack Go!

Name one dream client and why Lemonly should work with them.

Miriam: I think Lemonly and Owala would make a great team. We could make an infographic on the different types of Owala water bottles or an animated video explaining Owala’s unique features. I think it would be super fun to play with Owala’s signature color combos. 

Maddie: Selfishly, I would love it if Lemonly would work with a fashion brand. I think Levi’s would be a great Lemonly client. Creating content to show the history and evolution of their company or their jean-making process would be really fun.

Share a goal you have for the summer.

Miriam: One of my goals this summer is to expand my repertoire of writing voices. I spend a lot of time in college developing my own writing voice, but I’m excited to learn to tailor my writing voice to clients’ brands and audiences.

Maddie: This summer, my main goal is to gain new experiences and build new connections! I hope to push myself out of my comfort zone and capitalize on all of the networking opportunities I will be presented with here at Lemonly. I am excited to meet new people and learn new things!

Diving deeper

Now we’re getting to the good stuff.

Name something on your bucket list.

Miriam: I so so badly want to see How to Train Your Dragon with a live orchestra. HTTYD is the comfort movie of my childhood, and when I think about hearing the theme song from a live orchestra… literal chills.

Maddie: Attending a Green Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field would make my life complete! Preferably not in the dead of winter, though.

As a kid, what did you say you were going to be when you grew up?

Miriam: I was convinced I was going to be a professional baker and win Cupcake Wars.

Maddie: Basically my whole life I was convinced that I was going to be a doctor, but once I got to college, taking years of chemistry and biology classes just did not seem fun anymore…

What is one thing about yourself that would surprise people?

Miriam: I was on a juggling team in high school that competed in an international competition against one of the best juggling teams in the world.

Maddie: I am a big sports fan! I have always loved to watch and follow along with college and professional sports, and I usually surprise people with my random knowledge of players and teams. 

What question are you dying to answer that we haven’t asked?

Miriam: What’s your favorite dad joke?

Maddie: Are you an early bird or a night owl?

What’s the answer?

Miriam: “Clever” word play. Birds. This dad joke has it all. Get ready to laugh. Or roll your eyes. Okay, here it is: The sound of a musician on a stage bounces off the walls of the space to surround the audience. The sound of a pigeon on a stage does not do this. The reason: a coo sticks.

Maddie: Both? I love to stay up late when the rest of the world is asleep; it is when I feel most productive! But I will also gladly wake up early. Unfortunately for my nervous system, I thrive on little sleep and love to be busy!

And the most important question of all…

This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for.

If you had to pick one for the rest of your life: burritos or pizza? Why?

Miriam: I’m going to hesitantly say pizza. I love a good burrito, especially if there’s queso involved, but pizza is more diverse, and I’m not sure I could live without fruit pizza.

Maddie: Pizza, hands down. Not only is it one of my favorite foods, there are so many ways to diversify it!

That’s all for now, but we’re already busy cooking up content, so stay tuned for slices of Lemonly intern life — updates, an epic intern infographic, and more.

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