Trisha Hershberger

Trisha Hershberger is an American on camera personality and TV/online host. She is best known for her work on the YouTube channel, SourceFed. Hershberger was born and raised in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania. She attended Gwynedd Mercy Academy, where she was an Archdiocesan Scholar. She also received a full academic scholarship from DeSales University, where she obtained her Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts and a minor in Theology. Growing up, she pursued work in theatre, film, television, hosting, and modeling. Hershberger began her entertainment career at the age of 5, when she participated in small community and regional theatre productions. Upon going to college, Hershberger did some commercial work and interned with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Upon graduating in 2005, Hershberger had left Pennsylvania to pursue an entertainment career in Los Angeles, California. During this period, Hershberger entered the internet scene and has appeared in numerous YouTube channels, including IGN, Fandom, Smosh, Rhett and Link, TheFineBros, Nerdist, and more. In March 2012, her internet breakthrough occurred when she joined SourceFed, a YouTube Original channel owned by DeFranco Creative and Business Inc., as a full-time host. In February 2013, Hershberger, along with her fellow co-hosts of SourceFed, had received an award for Series of the Year (An Audience Choice Award) during the 3rd Annual Streamy Awards and won Best News and Culture Series the following year at the 4th Annual Streamy Awards. In May 16, 2013, a spin-off channel, SourceFedNERD, was produced. Trisha Hershberger, along with her co-hosts Meg Turney and Steve Zaragoza, would take over as the primary hosts of the new channel. Since then Trisha went on to found her own production company, creating content for many outlets and continues her work as a host specializing in the fields of technology, video games, tabletop games and nerd culture. She is also a partnered Twitch streamer and YouTube creator operating channels under her own name.