Marguerite Castañeda

I met my GIIIRL Marguerite in 2017. By Way of Us had just launched in LA and she was working for MISSBISH and we met at my fav office, The Line Hotel in Koreatown, and we became fast friends.

Since then, she’s worked for companies like Snapchat, Lyft, Door Dash, produced a couple of my favorite newsletters (never forget @onhercourt and @adentro) and lends her brain to BWOU for help in the content dept.

Every year she hosts a toy drive, organizing mostly by herself, gathering donations for families in need, and she’s graciously letting us help her out this year/teaching us how to practice this angel energy she radiates.

I was curious as to why she started five years ago, and how local community care serves not only the people receiving, but the people giving as well.