Rebecca Snavely is a former Web producer and staff writer for the L.A. Times entertainment site. A volunteer contributor for World Pulse magazine, Rebecca wants her writing to highlight social justice stories and give voice to the voiceless. She has traveled with documentary teams to Serbia, Kosovo, and Ethiopia. Currently living without a car in Los Angeles, the city that never walks, she blogs about community, travel, books and the colorful characters of L.A. on her blog The Butterfly Effect.