![]() ![]() Her favorite cosplay is Linkle from Hyrule Warriors, and her dream cosplay is Yukari’s blue runway dress from Paradise Kiss. She’s been cosplaying/dressing up and going to anime conventions since 2005. She takes care of our social media platforms as well as convention schedules. If she’s not playing FFXIV, she’s spending time with her animals while watching anime or Disney+. Kelly is our marketing director! She was born and raised around the South Bay area in Los Angeles, CA. Her favorite character is Black Rock Shooter, she’s obsessed with Fruits Basket, and Snorlax is her personal icon. ![]() From there, she started First Stop Cosplay with the hope to help educate, inspire, and empower those who want to create their own cosplays. So she went back to school at ELAC (East Los Angeles College), where she earned a degree in humanities, and then transferred to Chapman University, where she earned a degree in business administration with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. After FIDM, she went on to work in the film industry for a few years as a costume designer before she realized that what she actually wanted to do was help other people make cosplays. While helping her friends create their own cosplays, she wanted to find a way to help others as well. Since her first cosplay and anime convention in 2007, she’s been addicted to cosplaying and challenging herself. She went to FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) in 2006, where she would make cosplays for homework assignments, and earned degrees in fashion design and theatre costume design. She was born and raised in San Francisco, CA, and moved to Los Angeles, CA, in 2006. Amanda (aka Mari) is our company’s president.
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