Margaret is a mother, brand director, and event producer living in Venice Beach, California.

Raised in the woodland foothills of Northern California on the edge of Silicon Valley, Margaret grew up in a household that blended intellect and creativity. Her parents taught medicine and business at Stanford, while she was drawn to the natural world, the rituals of gathering, and the quiet power of beauty to bring people together.

By age twelve, she was already producing—hosting gatherings, running a gift-wrapping business, and hand-drawing menus for her parents’ dinner parties. Even then, she understood that design and storytelling could make people feel seen and connected.

Margaret studied Rhetoric at UC Berkeley and earned a master’s degree in Journalism and Communications from Northwestern University. She began her career in experiential and brand marketing with companies like Eventbrite and OpenTable, where she produced conferences, press events, and brand activations designed to create meaningful, human-centered moments.

Over the years, she has helped build and grow early-stage, impact-driven brands across wellness, CPG, and lifestyle. Her work has included brand storytelling, campaign development, product launches, influencer partnerships, and experiential strategy, both domestically and internationally. She has lived and worked with companies in India, Indonesia, Kauai, Mexico City, Ecuador, New Zealand, and throughout California—bringing a globally attuned sensibility to her storytelling and strategy. In India and Ecuador, she partnered with artisan women and Indigenous communities to build ethical product lines rooted in local craft and culture. As CMO and a founding team member of a non-profit incubated by IDEO, she helped reshape public dialogue around end-of-life through cultural programming and city-wide festivals in partnership with institutions such as MoMA, Pixar, and Deepak Chopra.

Today, Margaret leads North American brand and event marketing for Manuka Health, a New Zealand-based wellness company focused on the medicinal potential of the honeybee. Her work spans strategy, storytelling, and execution across digital, experiential, and retail channels. She is known for helping early-stage brands define new categories and scale with both cultural relevance and creative depth.

Margaret is also an event designer both independently and with leading global design firm Wild Heart Events. She produces intimate gatherings and brand experiences that blend beauty, meaning, and presence. In every design decision, she returns to one guiding question: “What feeling will this evoke?”

She holds certifications in Western Herbalism, Ayurvedic Medicine, and over 3,000 hours of yoga training. A graduate of FERRANDI Paris in Classical French Pastry, she creates refined-sugar-free, herbal and flower-infused cakes and tonics through her passion project, The Zesty Rose—offering food as both medicine and celebration.