FROM NEURO TO NEW VENTURES. STRATEGY DIRECTOR, WRIter, AND NEUROSCIENCE NERD based in LA.
About Me
I am a neurobiology researcher turned MBA working at the nexus of brand, venture, and innovation. I turn complex technologies and emerging categories into clear narratives, sharp strategies, and real momentum for early-stage teams. Across health and wellness, climatetech, CPG, media, AI, and beyond, I help founders bring breakthrough ideas to market — and get the traction, funding, and clarity they need to scale.
My experience spans venture studios, accelerators, corporate innovation, and fast-growing startups. I’ve led brand and growth strategy, built accelerator and co-development programs for corporate clients, refined go-to-market and expansion plans, and advised countless founders along the way. Across this work, I’ve developed a keen understanding of how consumers, investors, and enterprise partners make decisions - and how to turn those insights into compelling, category-defining strategy.
Whether navigating fundraising, developing cross-channel communications, or leading a full rebrand, I help teams articulate their value, accelerate learning, and move through ambiguity with unwavering confidence.
If you’d like a deeper dive into some of my work, jump in here.
FOCUS AREAS
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From ancillary insurance for high-severity surgery to mental health insurance coverage to a collective insights platform for multiple myeloma treatment, I have leveraged my neurobiology and health background to support deeply complex, high-impact healthcare startups.
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Between Direct Air Capture (DAC), end-to-end ecosystem regeneration, and lab-grown alternative proteins, I have spanned a variety of startups tackling the climate crisis with barrier-shattering frontier technologies.
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Working with a fund-of-funds and a deep tech VC, I have fueled a range of firms and funds at inflection points to convey their mission, position or reposition in a crowded financing market, and solidify their brand foundations for the long-term.
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Working on demand-responsive train ticketing to revolutionary fiber optic internet, I have helped a range of forward-thinking ventures reimagine how our cities look, work, talk, travel, and prepare for the future.
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From end-to-end events planning to failed payment recovery to barbershop business management, I have worked with a wide variety of SaaS startups supporting entrepreneurs, small business owners, creators, and everyday humans.
My Work
I have experience spanning R&D-stage startups to post-IPO companies, fundraising and deploying capital, go-to-market and growth strategy, consumer behavior research and brand insights, innovation incubators and accelerators.
I have collaborated with Fortune 100 execs and thought-leading scientists, spoken on panels and podcasts, taught entrepreneurship classes to students and founders, and advised 60+ ventures across healthcare, deep tech, climate tech, fintech, transportation and infrastructure, media, and category-defining consumer goods. The list goes on… that’s what resumes are for, right?
I hold a B.S. in Neurobiology from Georgetown University, an MBA from NYU Stern, and a Venture Finance Certification from Startup@BerkeleyLaw.
I’m based in LA, and available for full-time investment and innovation-related opportunities, bespoke projects with startups and founders, and contract work across business and brand strategy, research and insights, investor and audience-facing writing, as well as pitch deck and fundraising support. Please get in touch if you want to explore collaborations — or just to chat new venture building, sustainable growth, and beyond.