Shazi first created her vision for convenient, healthy meals for babies and children as she listened with a compassionate ear to a friend's anguish about the difficulty of finding the time to make her own baby food between caring for her baby, keeping up with her work, and all of the other demands of her very full life. In that instant, HAPPYBABY was born. A passionate supporter of health, wellness and sustainability, she was saddened to see the choices for parents when it came to store-bought baby food and understood the importance of starting babies on the tastes of fresh whole foods. She saw the opportunity to create a business that could positively impact the health of our children from the very start, offer parents peace of mind, support sustainable agriculture and simultaneously give back to those in need.

In a past life, Shazi founded and ran a marketing and media buying consultancy to help small business grow their brands. Her desire to utilize her talents to make a difference in the world coupled with her entrepreneurial nature took her to business school where she began developing HAPPYBABY in 2003. Shazi holds a BA from Columbia University in History and Visual Arts and an MBA from Columbia Business School in Management and Entrepreneurship. She lives in Jersey City, NJ with her husband Joe and is expecting her first HAPPYBABY in January.