I'm 27, female and Swedish.
I first got interested in origami when I was 11 years old, but as I was living in a small village, the local library only had one very basic book. I folded through that and had no means to get any further.
It is now about 16 years later, and Christmas 09 I happened to get a book with some paper included. That book became very handy when my computer broke down in February
Now, a couple of months later, I consider myself an intermediate folder. Some of the more complex models I've done is Pegasus by J. Anibal Voyer and Dragon in Flight by Charles Esseltine.
I have been lurking around the forums for some time before this post, and will probably not say much in the future.