Jenn Marie is the blogger behind “Hello Foodie Jenn.” She first fell in love with writing while she was a student at UCLA and was a part of the Daily Bruin Electronic Media. After graduating with her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in engineering; Jenn started working as an engineer and traveling to different cities. Through her travels, she saw each city’s diverse food offerings and she started writing about her experiences.

Jenn started blogging in 2012. She started the blog with a simple goal of bringing “a smile to everyone, one small blog post at a time.” Jenn loves Hello Kitty and can often be seen with a Hello Kitty purse in her foodie adventures along with a small Hello Kitty figure to be used for photos. The blog features posts about sugar (sweet bakeries), spice (savory restaurants) and kawaii nice (kawaii events and cute collaborations) .

Since the start of the Hello Foodie Jenn blog in 2012; Jenn has collaborated with different PR companies representing various restaurants and brands such as Sanrio, Franzese, Gringo Bandito, A-Sha Noodles, The Charm Galaxy, ABC Stir-Fry Noodles and Rubio’s Coastal Grill.

In 2013, Jenn was asked to be a contributing writer to South Bay Foodies, a Southern California travel and food website.

In 2014, Jenn covered her first big local event at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles for the VIP/media night of Hello Kitty Con.

This was soon followed by her covering and attending different numerous red carpet events such as Walk With Sally’s White Night, White Light at the Manhattan Beach Studios, Hello Kitty’s Supercute Friendship Festival at the The Forum and the Hello Kitty x ColourPop Launch Event at Pour Vous.

Jenn is a recipient of The Versatile Blogger Award. She is a Yelp LA Black Badge Elite member for being a Yelp elite for over fourteen years. She has been featured on California Apparel News, The A.V Club, NBC Los Angeles , Los Angeles Times, Adobo Nation and on the official Instagram account of Sanrio.

Jenn can be reached via email for any collaborations, comments and questions.