Co-Founder & Executive Director

Steph is the Co-Founder and visionary behind Stories Foundation and Storyteller Cafe. She comes to nonprofit work with a background in food service, event planning, speaking, community engagement and strategic leadership. She passionately believes in using business for good and in the necessity of holding each other’s stories, the good and the hard.

Director of Operations & Marketing

Ana Lena comes to Stories with a background in graphic design, digital and print media, event planning and food service. She is the creative mind behind Stories Foundation products and brands, as well as the menu for the cafe. Ana Lena puts feet to the vision of Stories Foudation and Storyteller Cafe and believes in doing work that makes a difference in the world.

Survivor Advocate, LSW

Sarah is a Licensed Social Worker who comes to Stories Foundation with a background in victim advocacy, shelter case management, and offender transformational programming.

Sarah has been passionate about ending sex trafficking and providing survivor support for 20 years. She uses her experience in social service/non-profit roles to empower survivors to find a pathway of restoration.