Women in Toys Hosts Cocktails and Conversation with Naz Amarachi

Women in Toys (WIT) and Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) will host Naz Amarachi for Cocktails and Conversation on May 2 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Amarachi is the head of licensing at SYBO Games.

Entertainment One’s Joan Grosso will also lead a conversation on “How She Did it.” The events will take place at the Romo d’Olivia in Bentonville, Arkansas. Amarachi was originally a refugee from Africa, and worked her way through Harvard Business School’s General Management program. She helped take Angry Birds from a mobile game into a global entertainment franchise.

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Xandra Harbet

Xandra Harbet is an assistant editor at Adventure Publishing Group. She does weekly toy reviews for The Toy Insider and contributes to trade magazines The Toy Book and The Licensing book. When Xandra isn't writing or attending conventions, she's dancing around her room in Supergirl cosplay, jammin' out to Britney Spears. She once had to stash her lightsaber behind a bush at the Rogue One premiere because the theater had a lame 'no Kyber crystal weapons' policy. Her friends insist that she's the poster child for Gryffindor because she's staunch in her beliefs and recklessly tries to change the world. You can follow Xandra's wild adventures on Twitter @stakingmyheart.