Irina Blok

[1] She was born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Russia until her parents and her moved to Silicon Valley, a region in Northern California, when she was 18 years old.

[3] She appeared on ABC's Reality Show Shark Tank as one of the contestants[4] with her products and designs and was featured in NBC NY,[5] USA today,[6] SF weekly,[7] the French Edition of Elle Magazine and multiple publications around the world.

Blok received her degree in Graphic Design at San Jose State University.

[9] She continued her career at a number of tech companies including Yahoo, Google and Adobe.

[14] She is also a directed study advisor at the Graphic Design MFA Program at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.