Maria Sipka is a pioneer of influencer marketing from early 2000 who co-founded Linqia in 2012. She is passionate about social impact storytelling, based on the belief that all ideas start with two things – emotional connection and inspired action – because in today’s world people are looking for ways to shift their emotions into action to manifest change. Today, San Francisco-based Linqia works with more than 350 leading national brands including Kimberly-Clark, McDonald’s, Nestle, Unilever, and Walmart.