hi, friend. i'm stephanie . . .

I'm a speaker, brand + business strategist, and authenticity expert. I am also a lion chaser, a creative, a designer, a total nerd, an educator, a dancer, an Aggie (whoop), a photographer, an intense logophile, a walking juxtaposition, a fierce animal advocate, and a forever champion of the oxford comma. Oh, and Jesus is my homeboy. 

My goal is to live life as authentically as humanly possible and surround myself with those souls who seek to do the same. And also, to enjoy as many side-splitting, crying, not-making-sound-anymore laughs as I can. Those are the best.  

That crazy guy in the pic is my other, and often better, half, Andrew. Home is wherever he and our 13 furkids are (7 dogs, 3 cat, 2 bunnies, and 1 snake), and that number will continue to grow as The Refuge becomes becomes a bigger and bigger part of our reality.

And yes, we're like that all the time.
It's pretty great. 


hi, friend. i'm stephanie . . .

hi, friend. i'm stephanie . . .

hi, friend. i'm stephanie . . .

In July 2018, I chose to obey a calling and take the biggest leap of faith in my life thus far: I resigned from 13 years in public education to start my own business in creative and graphic design. I taught dance, by the way. Talk about your wholly unexpected plot twist. 

So here I was, an Aggie with a BBA in Marketing, an M. Ed. in Educational Philosophy and Policy Studies, and on the final, checkered lap of obtaining my doctorate in education...starting my own business. In something I'd never really "done" before. 

I'd love to tell you I had my "why" all figured out from the beginning, but that would totally be a lie. What I can tell you now is Along with my love for animals and first-borne desire to open my own animal sanctuary (The Refuge), I also have this undeniable calling on my heart that everyone deserves to be loved exactly as they were created, not as who we wish or think they should have been. you were carefully and intentionally crafted, and your people need what only you can offer. The world does not benefit from you hiding your badassery.

No, my friend. You were born to be bold, brazen, and straight-up savage.


In July 2018, I chose to obey a calling and take the biggest leap of faith in my life thus far: I resigned from 13 years in public education to start my own business in creative and graphic design. I taught dance, by the way. Talk about your wholly unexpected plot twist. 

So here I was, an Aggie with a BBA in Marketing, an M. Ed. in Educational Philosophy and Policy Studies, and on the final, checkered lap of obtaining my doctorate in education...starting my own business. In something I'd never really "done" before. 


I'd love to tell you I had my "why" all figured out from the beginning, but that would totally be a lie. What I can tell you now is Along with my love for animals and first-borne desire to open my own animal sanctuary (The Refuge), I also have this undeniable calling on my heart that everyone deserves to be loved exactly as they were created, not as who we wish or think they should have been. you were carefully and intentionally crafted, and your people need what only you can offer. The world does not benefit from you hiding your badassery.

No, my friend. You were born to be bold, brazen, and straight-up savage.

my story . . .

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Harry Potter
Mythology
Star Wars
Firefly 
WoW
GoT
Buffy
Marvel
Halo
Sci-fi is my jam
LoTR
Mutants
Preternatural anything (vamps, weres, fae, etc)
 

   Disney
   animals & animal puns
   90's slang
   reading
   photography
   F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
   dancing
   wine
   all things Aggie
   naps with Phin 
   llamas (I know I already said animals,
   but I'm more than a little obsessed.)   
  

   mornings
   primary colors (there are so many choices!)
   veggies (except potatoes, beans, & corn)
   the "m" word
   smacking sounds of any kind (misophonia for the win)
   how i met your mother (yep, I said it)

   place: NYC or Puerto Vallarta
   color: black, grey
   movie: Braveheart, Harry Potter (all),  Quentin Tarantino flicks (all)
   book: The Velveteen Rabbit, Unf*ck Yourself, Harry Potter (all), The Giving Tree 
   music: Missy Elliott, Ramin Djawadi, Marian Hill, Neil Diamond, old Garth Brooks
   tv: NCIS, Law & Order, InkMaster, sytycd, World of Dance, AGT, Drag Race, Sabrina
   

   Disney
   animals & animal puns
   90's slang
   reading
   photography
   F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
   dancing
   wine
   all things Aggie
   naps with Phin 
   llamas (I know I already said animals, but
   I'm more than a little obsessed.)
  

Harry Potter
Mythology
Star Wars
Firefly 
WoW
GoT
Buffy
Marvel
Halo
Sci-fi is my jam
LoTR
Mutants
Preternatural anything
 

   mornings
   primary colors (there are so many choices!)
   veggies (except potatoes, beans, & corn)
   the "m" word
   smacking sounds (misophonia for the win)
   how i met your mother (yep, I said it)

talk nerdy to me

talk nerdy to me

talk nerdy to me

faves

faves

faves

likes

likes

likes

dislikes

dislikes

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