HI, I'M SHELBY!

Storyteller. Strategist. Chatterbox.
The kind of creative who brings the whole vision to life.

Chronically in her feelings about a good story.
Professionally trained to do something about it.

I'd say this just started but...

I've always been this way. Playing as talk show hosts with my elementary school bestie. Obsessively spending hours in Barnes & Noble. Carrying around the family's cherry red Nikon Coolpix camera. Creative storytelling is hard-wired into my personality!

My imagination has always had a mind of its own. Now I know it's my superpower. Because imagination without direction is just daydreaming, but with the right spark? That's where something real gets made. Somewhere along the way, I realized I didn't just want to experience stories. I wanted to create them. (And now, you're here on this website!)

Storytelling is how I help people figure out what makes them them and turn it into something that actually lands. I don't take lightly the fact that my creativity has brought me here. To work that moves people. To a life built around the thing I loved most as a kid. Getting completely, wonderfully lost in a great story.

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I’ve never quite really been able to look at something and just see the surface. I see the story underneath it. My mind instantly goes to the narrative, whether it's strategy decks, creative briefs, or the moments most people walk right past. That's not a skill I picked up. That's just how my brain has always worked! Creativity is my language. Strategy is my structure. Together, they're how I build ideas and lead conversations. I work where imagination meets intention. That might be a brand's ideal vision becoming something clear, felt, and believed in. From the first concept to the final campaign, I translate the abstract into experiences make people want to support. Because creativity that doesn't move someone is really just a pretty aesthetic (which I absolutely appreciate pretty things!). However, to me, storytelling is about truth. The kind that builds real connection, genuine community and solid confidence. The kind that leaves a mark and gives people the courage to tell their own. That's where strategy finds its soul and creativity finds its purpose. (And personally, where I usually tear up because I am an emotional teddy bear who loves a good story!)


CREATIVE CONSULTING |  STORYTELLING  | HOSTING CONVERSATIONS

What I Can Practically Do In My Sleep:

Former Clients Include..

Intersections Consulting Agency

Learn more about my consulting agency and how I'm working at the intersection of strategy & imagination to help people build their own brands.

Selected as a 2025 San Diego Chamber of Commerce Emerging Entrepreneur and a 2026 Seattle Women's Network Ambassador.

" I am always awestruck by Shelby's approach to innovation and creativity as a writer and marketer. She's an amazing strategic thinker and isn't afraid to ask both easy and difficult questions to tease out the best solutions. As a writer, her prose is always elegant and poised, driving her message across with impact. She's charismatic, bright, and a creative wizard on any team she works on."

Heyden E.
Head of Marketing,
Nevada

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