Allegra is an MBA Candidate at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, slated to graduate in 2020.

Prior to the GSB, Allegra was on the core leadership team at Smiletime, a post-seed startup backed by 500 Startups and Miramar Ventures that has built pop.in, a mobile platform for real-time conversations with the mission to drive authentic, nuanced dialogue that is as inclusive as it is spontaneous.

Before the launch of pop.in, Allegra and her team were leveraging their full-stack interactive video platform to support everyone from high-end broadcasters like TMZ and The CW, as well as independent broadcasters (think of your favorite podcast host or YouTube star) as they created more engaging and immersive content for their dedicated audiences.

Allegra has also worked in scripted TV + digital development at Electus, and enjoyed a short but vibrant career as an award-winning arts and entertainment journalist whose work has appeared in Variety, The Los Angeles Times, Mashable and USA TODAY.

Allegra graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. During her time at USC, she focused on producing original scholarship on transmedia storytelling, which she was honored to present throughout the US and publish in internationally-distributed journals of media scholarship.

When she isn't figuring out ways to drive more authentic connection online, Allegra can be found sharing her intel on LA's best food with The Infatuation's audience, or knitting a scarf. More likely than not, she's doing both at the same time.