My entrepreneurial story dates back to when I was 6 years old when my aunt owned our town's local movie theater. It was the classic family business experience with all hands on deck, my grandfather ran the box office, my aunt handled management, my mother handled events, and my sister and I has the important task of staying out of the candy room upstairs. 

The focus on events at the theater began in 2006 when my mother's entertainment company was blossoming. Every year I would help set up and take down holiday decorations, and watch my mother plan out the rest of the details. Eventually, the theater was sold, and my mother's entertainment company continues to serve clients to this day.
 

My professional experience starts in 2020 when I was 16. During this time I successfully led branding, website development, and large-scale email marketing projects for Confetti Pop Entertainment. I gained industry specific insights by attending industry conventions for 9 years before and after the rebrand, helping to shape targeted marketing strategies for the family business. 

While I was navigating a company rebrand for my family's entertainment company, my uncle had other plans. I watched him grow GiveGab, a crowdfunding platform, for 13 years. He ended up successfully exiting the company, and his success is a constant reminder of the the rewards of owning your own company.
 

Currently, I serve as CEO and creative designer of GroupSoup™,  a venture dedicated to building community-focused solutions in the Rochester metropolitan area. GroupSoup aims to help small businesses gain consistent in-person foot-traffic by leveraging event marketing to capture their local market. In this role, I have thus far, helped design our platform, collected over 150 market interviews, and pitched entrepreneurial concepts at the Bernard Kozel Startup Program Demo Night. Currently my business partner and I are taking on interns for the spring 2026 semester with potential to expand the amount of interns during the summer.