When attending high school in Berkeley, California, Schrag self-published her first laughable series, Awkward, depicting cases from either her first-month year. Awkward was afterwards reprinted as a graphic novel by Slave Labor Graphics, followed by terzetto sir thomas more books according to her next three years of school: Definition (ISBN 0943151147), Likely (ISBN 094315104X), & Also (serialized, non eventually collected). Each humourous & emotionally raw, these books told stories of personal life, attend concerts, experimentation using doses, high school crushes, & coming out as a lesbian.

Schrag went in to learn at Columbia University in New York City, and has continued to function as a cartoonist.