Meet Our Team
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Amanda "Mari" Gregory Amanda (aka Mari) is our company’s president. She was born and raised in San Francisco, CA, and moved to Los Angeles, CA, in 2006. She went to FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) in 2006, where she would make cosplays for homework assignments, and earned degrees in fashion design and theatre costume design. Since her first cosplay and anime convention in 2007, she’s been addicted to cosplaying and challenging herself. While helping her friends create their own cosplays, she wanted to find a way to help others as well. After FIDM, she went on to work in the film industry for a few years as a costume designer before she realized that what she actually wanted to do was help other people make cosplays. So she went back to school at ELAC (East Los Angeles College), where she earned a degree in humanities, and then transferred to Chapman University, where she earned a degree in business administration with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. From there, she started First Stop Cosplay with the hope to help educate, inspire, and empower those who want to create their own cosplays. Loves: Her husband, music, writing, video games, cosplay, video editing, and sleep |
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Kelly Willey Loves: Playing FFXIV, cats, birds, and sleeping |
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Katy Titus
Marketing Consultant Loves: Animal Crossing: New Horizons and binging history documentaries |
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Rebecca Palmerton
General Manager Loves: Quesabirria tacos, karaoke, thrift shopping, and dancing in VR |
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Elaine Ha Loves: All things Miyazaki, all things adorable, Disney, and Terra's theme from FFIII |
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Olivia Ochoa Loves: Animal Crossing, anything Marvel, possums, cats, and coffee |
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Ashley Kirk Loves: Playing video games, watching anime, and hanging out with her three cockatiels |
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Becky Golon Loves: Kitties, bats, hedgehogs, the beach, tea parties, vinyl collecting, old black & white movies, and sci-fi and time travel |
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Kit Pierce Loves: Horror games and shoujo manga |
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Nacho Sok Loves: Film production, movies, anime, video games, and ramen |
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Carl Pangilinan Loves: Attending conventions, cosplay, creating digital media, video games, and watching shows and movies. |
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Alison Tam Loves: Jane Austen, shoujo manga, any kind of bread, and cozy games like Stardew Valley |
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Paige Klemens Loves: Dystopian books/movies, movie theater, design, and making cosplays for her daughter |
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Meagan Swartwood Loves: Paramore, playing Animal Crossing, watching cartoons, going to concerts, reading Snot Girl, illustrating, and making jewelry! |