Elisa Pianka cofounds StitchMates, a business focused on eco-friendly handmade products

Elisa Pianka (B.F.A., graphic design, 2003) is an English teacher in the South Orange/Maplewood school district in New Jersey. Pianka and a fellow teacher started StitchMates, a business centered on creating eco-friendly handmade products that are sold at local fairs and on Etsy.