Monica Øien has degrees in Spanish, Latin and mass media. She is an art teacher and an accomplished painter, and enjoys photography and graphic design. In her free time, she also writes scripts and makes short films. She has various job experiences in the mass media and television. Monica is the director and script writer for many TV programs. She also hosts the Etterlyst (hunt after) on TV3 and is the producer of Stjernetreff (meeting stars) on TV Norge. She was also the host of Absolutt underholdning on TV2 for a year, and is a columnist for ELLE and other art magazines
