Mariah has a BFA in English and is a professional writer who has had both poetry and non-fiction works published. She is currently working on a book of poetry and a fictional romance novel. Due to her background in studying literature, she is an expert in analyzing character and symbolism in video game stories.

Mariah grew up playing video games and enjoyed playing popular titles such as Zelda and Pokemon as a child. As she grew up, she fell in love with more obscure and strange video games. Indie horror games are her favorite type of game to play, but in between those horror induced heart attacks she does enjoy a smooth and easy rpg game to relax to. Yuppie Psycho and World of Horror are two of her favorite horror games. However, her favorite video game of all time is Starwdew Valley.

She spends her weekends playing Dungeons and Dragons with her friends where she is a druid who has a fear of animals and is allergic to grass.