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NYU Alumni-Owned Business Directory

Show your Violet pride by supporting NYU alumni-owned businesses! The NYU Alumni-Owned Business Directory gives alumni the opportunity to share information about their businesses–from restaurants to virtual counseling, this directory showcases the diverse passions and talents of the alumni community and how you can support them.

Recently Added Businesses

These featured businesses have been newly added to the directory, continuing to showcase the diverse and talented alumni community. 

Sparkles and Colors USA Inc.

Arts, Culture, and Entertainment, Beauty, Fashion, Shopping & Retail

Sparkles and Colors USA Inc. is a multigenerational international family business in the global gemstone industry. We work with loose sapphires, rubies, and emeralds of all qualities and origins. We are starting to make beautiful finished jewelry pieces as well.

Drishti Lakhi

GPH

2025

Ry Marie Marketing

Business Services, Marketing & Advertising

Ry Marie Marketing is a boutique web design, development, and marketing studio based in Brooklyn, NY, serving small businesses nationwide. Services include custom hand-coded websites, Shopify and Squarespace builds, Google Ads and SEO, and ongoing site maintenance and support.

Founded by an NYU Tisch alum with a background in film production and 15+ years in corporate sales and marketing, Ry Marie Marketing combines creative craft with strategic thinking to help small business owners build a strong digital presence and grow.

Ryann Thompson

TSOA

PROMO: 10% off for the NYU community

Curiosa

Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Shopping & Retail

Curiosa is a health-focused juice bar and café in Mexico City’s La Condesa, inspired by the fresh, vibrant wellness culture of Southern California. We serve clean, nourishing food and drinks made with quality ingredients, from cold-pressed juices and smoothies to wholesome bowls, coffee, and thoughtfully prepared café favorites.

Our menu is designed around simple, feel-good ingredients, with a focus on fresh produce, balanced nutrition, and no seed oils. Whether you’re grabbing a morning coffee, refueling after a workout, or looking for a healthy lunch, Curiosa offers food that is both nourishing and genuinely delicious.

More than just a café, Curiosa is a neighborhood space for people who care about what they eat and how they feel—bringing a relaxed, sunny California sensibility to the heart of Mexico City.

Monica Belot

CAS

2011

Promo: 10% off; No expiration date

Rewild Safaris

Travel & Hospitality

Rewild Safaris is a conservation-focused safari company that designs transformative wildlife experiences for individuals, families, and corporate groups. We specialize in custom private safaris and conservation-driven journeys that connect travelers directly with wildlife, conservationists, local communities, and the field projects working to protect our planet's most important ecosystems. Rewild positions itself as "a conservation organization that works through safari," using travel as a vehicle to create advocates for wildlife and wild places.

Our services include tailor-made safaris throughout Africa, Latin America, Asia, and other emerging wildlife destinations; executive and affinity group travel; photographic safaris; and multigenerational family adventures. Each journey is designed to deliver exceptional travel experiences while supporting conservation, sustainability, and local communities.

James Ward

STERN

2001

Brooklyn North Creative Arts Therapy

Health & Wellness

Feminist, trauma-informed creative arts therapy & EMDR for women, LGBTQIA+ folks, and artists, virtually across New York & in our Brooklyn office. We approach art therapy from an anti-oppressive, culturally aware, feminist perspective. We consider these principles to be the foundation of our work - whether we're sitting with anxiety, trauma, an eating disorder, or the specific weight of making a creative life in New York

Adrienne Trager Figueiredo

STEINHARDT

2012

PROMO: 3 individual therapy sessions for $550 (normally $600). No expiration date!

MLow Art

Arts, Culture, and Entertainment, Marketing & Advertising, Shopping & Retail

MLOW is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist who combines photography, AI, GANs, and 3D art to create vibrant digital landscapes and surreal portraits.

With a background in Arts & Science from NYU and ongoing studies at NYU Wagner, Low's work explores the intersection of technology and human experience. His innovative approach has garnered recognition in the Crypto Art world, including awards such as Optimism’s We Love The Art competition in the AI category and features in prominent digital art spaces such as Beeple Studios. MLow’s podcast, the MLow Show, engages with the broader NFT art community and has hosted over 50 of the top Crypto Art collectors & artists.

Through this work, Low invites viewers to question reality and imagine alternative worlds, using digital alchemy to transform data and code into experiences that resonate on a human level. His art serves as a bridge between technology and spirituality, creating a visual language for the digital age that speaks to our deepest human experiences and aspirations.

M Low

CAS, WAG

2021, 2026

Promo: Mention that you are part of the NYU Community to receive 10% off

Be Well Nurse Practitioners in Psychiatry

Health & Wellness

Nurse practitioner owned telehealth psychiatry practice offering medication management and short term therapy.

Kelli Hamilton

MEYERS

2016, 2021

Mush America

Beauty, Business Services, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, STEM & Education

Mush America is dedicated to filling gaps in the existing American Mushroom market through innovation.

Tyler Rozell

STEINHARDT

2021

Brenda Berkman Artworks

Arts, Culture, and Entertainment

Berkman's fine art print series "Thirty-six Views of One World Trade Center" about the rebuilding of One World Trade Center brings together her experience as an artist, firefighter, 9/11 first responder, feminist, lawyer, historian, and social justice advocate. Other of her artworks are featured online as well.

Brenda Berkman

LAW

1978

Bilasz Rexroat & Eisenfeld, PLLC

Legal

Bilasz Rexroat & Eisenfeld, PLLC represents workers throughout New York State in prosecuting workers’ compensation and Social Security disability claims. We fight for the workers who keep New York running—because standing up for injured and mistreated employees isn’t just our job, it’s essential to the soul of the city. Your fight is our fight. With over 40 years of combined experience and deep ties to the labor community, we deliver hands-on legal support, fierce advocacy, and the insider know-how needed to win when the stakes are high.

Lauren M. Bilasz, Esq.

CAS

2008

The Music Business Network L.L.C.

The Music Business Network is a premier, global career development ecosystem designed to help students, musicians, and industry professionals further their careers. We provide membership, news, and wellness resources to help you succeed! Please visit our website to learn more about The Network.

Kathryn N. Sano

STEINHARDT

2021

WordSmith Leadership LLC

Business Services, Career Development

WordSmith Leadership partners with organizations during high-stakes leadership moments where credibility, alignment, trust, and execution matter to business performance.

Organizations bring us in when there is:

A high-potential leader stepping into an expanded scope, enterprise leadership role, or new organizational context

An executive transition where early credibility, stakeholder alignment, and trust are critical to long-term success

A succession planning investment focused on preparing high-potential talent for critical roles before the transition occurs

A leadership team navigating organizational change, restructuring, or rapid growth where alignment, trust, and execution are essential

A valued leader whose capability is not yet translating into the organizational impact, influence, or stakeholder confidence the role requires

A high-potential woman leader or leader of color navigating increased visibility, credibility, and influence in environments where they may be underrepresented

Sabine Smith

SPS

2007

Promo: Free 30-minutes Strategy Call

Inclusion in the alumni-owned business directory does not equal endorsement.

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