[10] Shortly after the show closed, Harris moved to Los Angeles and into a role in a Paramount film called Dough Boys, which was her entrée into the Hollywood entertainment scene.

Having grown up with a brother who was a computer engineer and a father who was a serial entrepreneur, Harris stated that she was interested in a field that would allow both creativity and the ability to control her own destiny.

[15] Harris won the AT&T Hackathon in Los Angeles, and shortly thereafter build the first Innovation and Tech Summit during the Sundance film festival, called Collective.

As part of this initiative, she co-founded Hackdance, a social impact hackathon that brought celebrities together to create apps or platforms that would change the world for the better.

Previously, as the Executive Director of the Oasis Foundation, Cooper oversaw initiatives to foster innovation & entrepreneurship.