Best known to the Etsy Community as Stellaloella (or Stellllllla!), Lauren was already a very familiar face as an extremely helpful presence in the Etsy Forums before she was hired in February 2007. Lauren has worn many hats as an Etsy Admin — working as official Forum Admin, leading up the Community Team, and now as a guru of Etsy policy, among many other things. She does a truly tremendous job of communicating and bridging the remote-worker gap, despite being all the way over in Central Time (that's far away from Brooklyn!).  You couldn't ask for a more thoughtful or wonderful coworker, and we're so lucky to have her on the Etsy Team.

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Lauren Fun Facts:

• Lauren is a picky eater. She won't eat anything that's green; she's anti-chlorophyl. She also won't eat anything that lived in the sea or any food that has "touched."
• She does, however, love cheese.
• The moniker StellaLoella is the combination of Lauren's two beloved grannies' names. Aww! 
• When Lauren tried to update her avatar with a new photo, the Etsy community protested, so she stuck with her old one. 
• Her dogs scared off a robber — what heroic pups! (Their names are Toast and Scooter.)
• She previously sold pottery and handmade books before joining the Etsy Admin team. 
• She is originally from Milwaukee.
• Matt once rented an apartment for her that was haunted, with a billion roaches as well as ghosts. 
• Lauren is a great writer and communicator. She's pretty articulate!
• She has awesome design sense. When she learned to knit, the very first things she made were perfect.

Lauren being a teenage star. (Or runaway?)

Baby Lauren! 

Etsy has had quite a growth spurt in the past year, and we have the awkward pictures to prove it. We've been posting a series of About Us pieces to help you get to know the Etsy admin (and since many of us work remotely, for the admin to get to know each other!). You've seen the admin badge, and maybe you're a bit curious about the person behind it! For more on Etsy's mission and about the company, please see our About page (the link is in the little blue footer of every Etsy page).

Some items from Lauren's favorite shops below...