You referred to yourself as a lass, that's awesome :-) As for communities, well there are the Discord chat communities. PAL/MSP is a big one which you can find here: https://discord.gg/cHVtTMn. On that server they have many different groups and initiatives for steemit users.

For crypto/financial info and lessons you can check out @scaredycatguide (full disclosure that is my main acct) for daily content.

I agree on reading denmarkguy, he and I read each others blogs.