The Collective

Meet The Founders Behind SocialEcho Marketing

Guiding every strategy and campaign with expertise and care.

Melissa Navarro

Managing Partner Director of Marketing & Operations

Melissa Navarro is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SocialEcho Marketing and a proud Longhorn. She brings extensive experience in public relations, integrated marketing, and strategic communications, including leading statewide community engagement campaigns and executing bilingual marketing strategies in English and Spanish.

Melissa leads client strategy, team execution, and internal operations, ensuring every project runs smoothly from planning to delivery. She focuses on building strong partnerships, understanding business goals, and delivering marketing solutions that drive measurable growth. Her people-centered approach ensures that every campaign not only reaches audiences but resonates with them, strengthening both brand and community impact.

Andrew Mendoza

Managing Partner Director of Business Development

Andrew Mendoza, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SocialEcho Marketing, discovered the power of marketing after launching his first TikTok campaign six years go. Seeing how strategy and storytelling drives real growth sparked a passion for building brands that connect with people meaningfully.

Raised in the Greater Houston area and a graduate of Texas State University, Andrew leads SocialEcho with a strong focus on client relationships and long-term partnerships. His experience working closely with business owners allows him to quickly understand their needs, challenges, and goals, ensuring strategies are not only creative but also aligned and effective. He is committed to making high-quality marketing accessible to small and mid-sized businesses through thoughtful, community-driven strategies delivered in English and Spanish.

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Maile Gomes

Marketing Coordinator Specialist

Maile Gomes is a skilled professional with a degree from the University of Washington, bringing expertise in leadership, data, and strategy to SocialEcho. She excels at turning complex information into actionable insights, guiding projects with efficiency, and leading teams with clarity and purpose.

Her strengths include data analysis, project management, strategic thinking, and problem-solving, all grounded in her values of growth, originality, and collaboration. Maile’s ability to combine analytical thinking with a collaborative approach ensures that SocialEcho delivers marketing solutions that are both thoughtful and results-driven.

Lynna Tran

Lead Creative Content Specialist

Lynna Tran is a multidisciplinary designer whose work blends minimalist aesthetics with strategic functionality. With expertise in UX/UI design, graphic design, and visual communication, Lynna creates design solutions that look great and serve a purpose. She approaches every project with a meticulous eye for detail and a belief that strong design should balance practicality with personality, ensuring that each piece aligns with client goals. Drawing on her experience collaborating with a range of projects and audiences, Lynna helps bring thoughtful, user-centered creative work to life.

Bella Kang

Data Analyst & SEO Specialist

Bella Kang holds a Bachelor’s in Global Business and a Master’s degree in Marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas. She thrives on turning numbers into stories, uncovering insights that others might miss, and transforming data into strategies that drive real results.

Bella has a knack for spotting patterns, predicting trends, and optimizing campaigns so every effort hits its mark. Her analytical mind and strategic thinking ensure that SocialEcho’s marketing isn’t just effective, it’s smart, impactful, and designed to drive growth. She’s also proficient in Mandarin Chinese.