Erika is the Marketing and Communications Manager for Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP). A woman with many hats, Erika’s focus is on scaling high impact communication strategies and spearheading all creative outward-facing marketing initiatives for BCPP and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. Empowering women through social impact is nothing new to Erika. Before coming to BCPP, she focused on helping tech startup female-founders secure funding and succeed in and beyond Silicon Valley with Women’s Startup Lab. Erika also dedicated years to supporting and representing women-owned businesses at the federal, state and local policy levels as Director of Communications for Women Impacting Public Policy. She earned her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Media Studies and Communications. Erika enjoys hiking with her dog, acting in local and independent films, and creating socially-conscious multi-media art pieces.