Stephanie is an experienced entrepreneur, full-stack marketer, and product designer with a demonstrated history of working in the e-commerce, CPG, luxury goods, startups, and media industries. Her marketing strengths lie in brand building, go-to-market strategy, and growth marketing.As the first marketer and second full-time hire at Hooray Foods, Stephanie drove the entire marketing strategy and played a key role in scaling the brand from one restaurant to over 300 Whole Foods across the U.S. and hundreds of Sobeys in Canada. She built the brand’s website, managed social media accounts (growing Instagram to 22k organic followers), led influencer collaborations, directed PR and events, and spearheaded creative direction for packaging design and marketing materials.Stephanie also played a key role at Lypid.co, launching a new direct-to-consumer brand, Lypid Kitchen, featuring 100% plant-based BBQ pork piggy bao. In under three months, she led the research, development, and go-to-market strategy, including product development, website creation, social media, packaging design, influencer collaborations, and event planning—culminating in the product’s debut at Disney’s Moana 2 world premiere.As a self-taught, self-funded entrepreneur and product designer, Stephanie successfully launched Persu Collection on Kickstarter in 2015, raising over $90,000 in 43 days. She focuses on highly functional designs with clean aesthetics and surpassed her second campaign goal of $12,000 in just 7.5 hours in 2019.Stephanie is skilled in digital marketing, integrated marketing, social media, branding, e-commerce, experiential and events marketing, PR strategy, content creation/production, partnerships, paid ads, and influencer relations. Her unique experience as a solopreneur has taught her how to think outside the box, wear multiple hats, and bring visions to life with limited resources. Her products have been featured in Forbes, Oxygen Network, SELF, VegNews, Marie Claire, KTLA, and the Sacramento Bee. Her brand, Persu Collection, has partnered with companies such as Vital Proteins, Myro Deodorant, P. Volve, Biohm Health, and Liveli Supplements. She is an alumna of the GRID110 fashion tech accelerator and a member of The F Project, a cohort of female founders across the U.S.Stephanie graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Film, Television, and Digital Media.