Stacey Nguyen - InStyle

Education: UC Berkeley

Location: Central Valley, CA

Expertise: Commerce, Streaming, Gardening, Pets, Home Decor

Stacey Nguyen is a content writer and copywriter who has been working in digital media and content marketing since 2014. She has written for Dotdash Meredith since 2022, contributing to verticals such as Daily Paws, Martha Stewart Living, and PEOPLE. Her expertise lies in entertainment, gardening, and home goods.

Highlights
- Has written for brands such as BuzzFeed, POPSUGAR, HelloGiggles, HappySprout, and more
- Has produced blogs, category pages, social posts, video descriptions, and other copy for brands such as Desert Essence, QUAY, The Home Depot, Spindrift, and more
- Graduated magna cum laude from UC Berkeley in 2016, double majoring in Political Science and Rhetoric

Experience

Stacey Nguyen is a contributing writer at Dotdash Meredith, producing articles for verticals such as Daily Paws, Martha Stewart Living, PEOPLE, and more.

Her writing career officially started when she was a student at UC Berkeley. There, she contributed to the school's student newspaper, The Daily Californian, as a visual arts journalist while simultaneously working as a media fellow at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. After graduating magna cum laude with a dual degree in Political Science and Rhetoric in 2016, she spent a year as a content marketer at JetPens.com, a stationery e-commerce.

After freelancing for a year, Stacey became a full-time writer in 2018, contributing to publishers such as POPSUGAR, BuzzFeed, HelloGiggles, Digital Trends, and more. Within these editorial brands, she has mostly written about entertainment, shopping, and gardening.

In addition to writing editorial pieces, she is also a freelance copywriter who has written blogs, video descriptions, social copy, and category pages for brands such as J.McLaughlin, Spindrift, Desert Essence, SHEEX, The Home Depot, and more. She also currently works as gaming coordinator with Red Bull Gaming, supporting influencers and providing content analysis of brand mentions.

Education

Stacey graduated magna cum laude from UC Berkeley in 2016, double majoring in Rhetoric and Political Science. She wrote her honors senior thesis on the roles of ambiguity and familial obligation in Vietnamese diaspora literature. As a student, she worked for the arts department of The Daily Californian, where she wrote about films and visual art exhibitions in the Bay Area. She was also a recipient of the Incentive Awards Program and Rhetoric in Action award.

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