Marketplace

ALA CAMILA

Camila Lacques-Zapién ’14

ALA CAMILA is a Chicana-owned business that empowers BIPOC and first gen applicants, professionals, creatives and changemakers to build legacies rooted in authenticity and community. Through admissions consulting, 1-1 holistic coaching and ancestral exploration services, ALA CAMILA offers visionaries a unique opportunity to build towards their greater purpose while honoring their deep pasts.

Brand Socialite

Ania Puczylowska, EMBA ’20

Brand Socialite helps bold and daring companies create magical memories for their physical or digital celebrations. Whether they are a start-up or an established business, we help them grow their social media and build their experiential marketing campaigns. In short, we bring unapologetically ambitious brands the tools and resources they need to achieve massive success while building a brand they love. We provide the most qualified talent to both startups and Fortune 100 companies alike. Our growing list of clients includes Nike, NerdWallet, Hennessy, La Fete du Rose Wine, Chandon, High Noon, Starward Whisky, and many more!

Con Todo Press

Naibe Reynoso ’96

Con Todo Press is a Latina-owned publishing company that creates children’s books that celebrate Latino leaders and culture to help fill the gap in the publishing industry, where Latina/o/x stories are vastly underrepresented.

Essential Physical Therapy and Wellness

Mita Patel ’99

At Essential Physical Therapy and Wellness Inc, founder and owner Mita Patel helps you discover the secrets to long-term wellness and unlock your body's innate ability to heal and thrive. She provides a unique wellness experience by combining her 23 years of expertise as a physical therapist with her skills of therapeutic touch.

By using a powerful blend of myofascial release and craniosacral therapy she tunes in to the subtle messages of your body, discovers even the most hidden sources of your pain or mobility problems, and helps reverse the negative impact of physical and emotional stress on your body. The result is a profound effect on whole-body health, leaving individuals feeling energized, focused and rejuvenated.

Fueled By Dopeness

Maeva (My-EEE-vuh) ’11

Fueled By Dopeness is [PartOne] of a Virtual Interactive Art Installation, which is managed by Artistically Elevated Design. [PartOne] gives everyone an opportunity to actively participate in the art-collecting world via the products available under the Fueled By Dopeness brand. Several of the designs are a collaboration between Maeva (My-EEE-vuh) and a few street artists, who also benefit from each sale.

Generation Anxiety

Dr. Lauren Cook ’13

Dr. Lauren Cook, a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in treating millennials and Gen Z patients, and a millennial who also lives with anxiety, understands the many nuanced reasons why these two groups are struggling in different ways than their predecessors. Taking a feminist and intersectional lens, Dr. Cook shares her own struggles with anxiety and provides easy, actionable steps to help readers ride the waves of anxiety rather than constantly swimming against them. This relatable, honest and information-packed book incorporates thorough, evidence-backed psychological research and diverse client experiences to illustrate a broad range of presentations of anxiety to help readers gain insight into their own stressors and combat anxiety.

Gift of the Nile

Tamerri Ater, MBA '23

Gift of the Nile (GOTN) is a spiritual wellness brand founded by Tamerri Ater, certified astrologer, Reiki energy healer and veteran beauty product developer. We offer products and services rooted in ancient Egyptian rituals that nourish the soul, body and home. Our mission is to bring micro-moments of healing to people who are overworked and overconnected, through high quality products, community, enriching experiences and engaging content.

Each GOTN product is formulated to invoke specific moods or intentions that a customer desires. Current products include aromatherapy mood mists that can be used as a natural mood-enhancer and fragrance to help shift the mood and energy of their environment. Luxurious soy candles - in beautiful, sustainable violet glass jars to preserve their potency - go beyond aroma with rituals that inspire customers to set intentions as they light them. Natural perfume oils give both the gift of scent and self love.

Gourmais

Stephanie Chui, MBA '23

Gourmais™ is a premium cracker brand crafting polenta crisps (gluten free, plant based) baked into delicious, amaising™ flavors. Crunchy, versatile and full of flavor, our polenta crisps make for the perfect cracker. Pair them with tasty toppings or, better yet, good friends and unforgettable vibes! Made in Los Angeles, Gourmais™ is proudly woman- and BIPOC-founded.

LooseEnds

Sarah Grifferty, MBA ’22

LooseEnds offers consulting services and digital products to support families with legacy planning and settling affairs after death. Our resources and expertise guide individuals through the time-intensive and complex administrative tasks that come with end-of-life and recent loss. Sarah comes to this work after losing both her parents and experiencing the frustration and pain of the current system. LooseEnds aims to make the process more accessible, streamlined and heartfelt.

PRISM Bags

Rachel | Helen-Sage Lee ’19

PRISM Bags creates beautifully functional handbags, backpacks and accessories using vegan, sustainable and recycled materials. Our mission is to make the world a better place through sustainability and fair labor while empowering the people carrying our products through their everyday journeys. As a queer-, women- and AAPI-owned-and-operated brand, we care about the people we create for and the planet and the journey that we embark on while carrying our bags. Our products are modular, functional, stylishly minimal and are all made of innovative materials (like nylon made of recycled water bottles and vegan leather made from plants) with a low carbon footprint. We create radical products that help people feel organized, put-together and not afraid to be their most authentic selves. Through our sustainable efforts, we choose transparency every day and recycled materials like cork and biodegradable packaging for all of our products.

Refresh Investments LLC

Pamela Chen ’88

Refresh Investments is a fee-only fiduciary advisory firm, focused on helping women and families achieve financial security and their dreams. Our services, collectively called the Financial Mindfulness Project, center on bringing awareness of one's financial health at different stages of life and the necessary actions one needs to take to achieve financial security and goals in the future.

Founded by Pamela Chen, a seasoned financial professional, in 2018, Refresh Investments is a woman- and minority-owned financial advisory firm registered in California. Realizing women don't invest enough (the gender investing gap), the firm created an approach to investing that is more aligned with a woman's style - collaborative and holistic. Our mission is to transform the woman's financial experience to create a fresh new environment and unique approach that aligns her values with the wealth she's built and supports her in creating her best financial life.

Sender One Climbing

Alice Kao ’01

Sender One Climbing is an indoor climbing gym company with growing locations in Los Angeles and Orange County. Sender One offers a diverse range of climbing walls and routes suitable for climbers of all levels, from beginners to seasoned professionals.

Six Taste Food Tours

Sally Tiongco ’04

Founded in 2009, Six Taste is an AAPI- and Bruin family-owned food tour company in Los Angeles with over 1800 reviews and an overall 5-star rating on Yelp, TripAdvisor and Google. Considered the only AAPI woman-owned food tour company in California and L.A.'s #1 team-building company, Six Taste’s mission is to support local businesses and enrich the L.A. community through food and education with clients that range from schools, universities (including UCLA!) and law and finance firms to big corporations like Amazon, TikTok, Disney and Google. Six Taste tour guides lead historical and cultural walking food tours through different neighborhoods of Los Angeles, particularly Downtown L.A., Hollywood, Santa Monica, Arts District, Sawtelle Japantown, Little Tokyo, Koreatown, San Gabriel Valley Chinatown, Glendale, Persian Square and Thai Town, that feature generous samples of diverse dishes from 4-7 restaurants. CEO Sally Tiongco is a proud L.A. native and a former devoted public middle school educator who resides in Downtown L.A. and the San Fernando Valley with her husband and two children. When Sally met her future husband, Jonathan, through UCLA UniCamp, they made a pact to never repeat the same restaurant for date night. Their first date was at Hurry Curry in Sawtelle Japantown. That pact has stood for over 20 years!

Skin by Nayra G

Nayra Gil ’20

Skin by Nayra G was created to help those who suffer with acne in a holistic approach. Acne is a complex condition and requires an in-depth look at a client's life to find the root cause of their breakouts. As an acne specialist, my goal is to educate people on their type of acne, tailor a skincare routine for them and mentor clients on adjusting their lifestyle habits to achieve clear skin.

Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation

Glenna Tolbert ’85, M.D. ’93

The Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness is dedicated to enhancing your quality of life by ensuring you remain functional and free from pain. Our approach is holistic and personalized, focusing on optimizing your health through a comprehensive plan designed to bring your body to its peak condition.