Name Hope Alcocer | ||
Hope Alcocer | The Open Heart Collective | S3: EP009
Hope Alcocer (born March 12, 1988) is a writer and entrepreneur based in New York City. She is founder and former editor-in-chief of digital magazine KHLOE and a contributing writer at BuzzFeed and Elite Daily.
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Career
After graduating from Grand Valley State University, Alcocer began working as a freelance writer and over the course of a year gradually moved towards work in PR and marketing. She currently works as a marketing manager in the entertainment industry.
In 2011, she decided to change direction and founded digital magazine platform KHLOE (an acronym for Klothes, Health, Love, Opportunity and Empowerment). Between May and July of that year, she raised over $4,500 through a crowdfunding campaign that reached Kickstarter's front page and attracted press attention from CNN.
KHLOE was a reader-contributed platform and was described in its Kickstarter campaign as "a magazine with a fresh and real perspective for young women. Changing the media one issue at a time."
Alcocer's first novel, Where Hope Lies, will be published Summer 2015. The story is inspired by true events in her life.
Early Life
Raised in Michigan, Alcocer was born in Chicago and is of Armenian and Latina descent.
Press
Alcocer has been profiled by Verily Magazine (January 2013) and Hope for Women Magazine (December 2012).
She has also been interviewed on NBC.