when i see it, the first thing i think of is a logo for a tv show. and something tells me that this girl is on some kind of the same wavelength... (maybe a little narcissistically). you aren't trying to sell yourself, but your work. designers make a lot of money, but mostly when they start doing projects for offices, hospitals, restaurants, etc. this logo will pin her down to a tiny demographic. it screams, "don't hire me for anything difficult. i'm a cute girl about to fall off of a ladder." no graphic improvement can make up for the amount of money that this logo, in its most refined state, will cost her projects over the life of the business.
so you are only the messenger, i'd have her log into this forum to read the critiques. i work in this field at the highest end. and i know of many designers that started out with dba's like "french twist" etc, and later had to change their name to blank blank interiors, or blank blank design. thus losing their original branding and looking like an amateur graduating to the "real" design industry.
