ABOUT THE LAUREL STREETFAIR

Born and raised in Oakland, California, Aurice Guyton has been entrusted with providing event planning and management services for some of the most prominent and celebrated events in the Bay Area. With a gift for turning a vision into an amazing event, coupled with her marketing expertise, professionalism, and vivacious personality are only but a few qualities that make Aurice an exceptional event and meeting planner. Crisscrossing the globe, and backpacking around Southeast Asia and Europe, gaining a unique and worldly perspective, along with her undergraduate degree in Business Management and her MBA
in Marketing – Aurice joined the Peace Corps. in 2005 where she lived and worked in a rural village in Belize for 2+ years. It was there where she planned her first event, a nationwide product launch that included the Prime Minister as a keynote speaker that garnered a lot of media attention and fueled Aurice’s passion for event planning!

Contact: vendorsLSF@gmail.com

Candi Martinez Carthen is an Award Winning Cultural Steward & Event Producer with over twenty years of experience in professional Event Production, Artistic Curation, Grant Writing and Publicity. She is a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Fellow and California Arts Council Impact Project Awardee. Her passion lies in curating events that serve as platforms to celebrate cultural heritage, promote social justice and foster community. Her hobbies include volunteering, surfing, yoga and enjoying Oakland’s culinary offerings.

CONTACT: candi@laureloakland.com