i'm pulling this from super old memories so sorry if i'm forgetting the name but i think she mentioned reading newtype usa a lot. really any american 00s anime magazine she would have read if given the chance. she also was on the web, so places like mal and old forums were most likely another place she woulda found stuff. in a lot of videos she'd mention someone she looked up to as a mentor named ghost lightning. (ran a blog. can't remember if it was about anime or not. they might have interesting recs.) hope these methods point you in the right direction.