Meet the Team
Jean Gao
Lead Designer / Shape Shifter
Our reclusive designer, Jean, spends her days hunched over screens and paper, nudging shapes into pleasant configurations. From the website to the window displays to her illustrations of cheerful mice, Jean seeks to cultivate a sense of wonder through the visuals at The Paper Mouse. Though rarely seen in person at the shop, Jean can be found online, running our social media accounts.
Jenny Zhang
Shopkeeper / Goodie Finder
The Paper Mouse was named for Jenny, who was born in the Year of the Mouse. Jenny keeps the shop running from day to day. You can find her there during the week, helping customers and adorning the shop with her delicate paper flowers and origami. She loves sharing her product discoveries and seeing the smiles they bring to people’s faces. Come meet her and say hello!
Sara Israel
Lead Content Creator / Comma Regulator
Sara is the voice behind The Paper Mouse’s newsletter, blog, and web content. She blogs about our goings-on, writes product descriptions and gift guides to help you find just what you’re looking for, and makes sure you’re up to date about what’s new in our shop. Our resident editor, Sara also ensures all our punctuation is in the right place.
Veronica Hanley-Enciso
Retail Specialist / Object Matchmaker
Veronica is a retail specialist here at The Paper Mouse. If you see her on duty, she’s always up for a good chat about stationery, art supplies, painting, or historical dramas and period movies. Veronica is an artist who believes that making art helps people navigate life with more wonder. She sees art as an activity for everyone, whether they share their work or not, and she loves to help people find products to express their creativity.
Victor Lee
Proprietor / The Little Engineer That Could
Born and raised in West Newton, Victor dreamed of owning a business in his neighborhood since kindergarten. After stepping away from a 20-year career in engineering, he has finally realized his dream by building The Paper Mouse through a healthy dose of optimism, a lot of hard work, and the support of his small but dedicated team. You can find him at the shop indulging its patrons with fine paper, writing instruments, and unique gifts, or constructing the next retail display for freshly curated products.
Yulan Li
Assistant Buyer / Stationery Explorer
Enchanted by all the wonderful goodies in the shop, Yulan owns and uses much of our stationery herself and loves to share her experience. She is passionate about every product in our shop and is always happy to help you choose the perfect items to take home. Since joining The Paper Mouse, Yulan has accompanied the buying team to trade shows and shops around the world and now helps to keep our shop chock-full of goodies for you to find.
Lead Designer / Shape Shifter
Our reclusive designer, Jean, spends her days hunched over screens and paper, nudging shapes into pleasant configurations. From the website to the window displays to her illustrations of cheerful mice, Jean seeks to cultivate a sense of wonder through the visuals at The Paper Mouse. Though rarely seen in person at the shop, Jean can be found online, running our social media accounts.
Jenny Zhang
Shopkeeper / Goodie Finder
The Paper Mouse was named for Jenny, who was born in the Year of the Mouse. Jenny keeps the shop running from day to day. You can find her there during the week, helping customers and adorning the shop with her delicate paper flowers and origami. She loves sharing her product discoveries and seeing the smiles they bring to people’s faces. Come meet her and say hello!
Sara Israel
Lead Content Creator / Comma Regulator
Sara is the voice behind The Paper Mouse’s newsletter, blog, and web content. She blogs about our goings-on, writes product descriptions and gift guides to help you find just what you’re looking for, and makes sure you’re up to date about what’s new in our shop. Our resident editor, Sara also ensures all our punctuation is in the right place.
Veronica Hanley-Enciso
Retail Specialist / Object Matchmaker
Veronica is a retail specialist here at The Paper Mouse. If you see her on duty, she’s always up for a good chat about stationery, art supplies, painting, or historical dramas and period movies. Veronica is an artist who believes that making art helps people navigate life with more wonder. She sees art as an activity for everyone, whether they share their work or not, and she loves to help people find products to express their creativity.
Victor Lee
Proprietor / The Little Engineer That Could
Born and raised in West Newton, Victor dreamed of owning a business in his neighborhood since kindergarten. After stepping away from a 20-year career in engineering, he has finally realized his dream by building The Paper Mouse through a healthy dose of optimism, a lot of hard work, and the support of his small but dedicated team. You can find him at the shop indulging its patrons with fine paper, writing instruments, and unique gifts, or constructing the next retail display for freshly curated products.
Yulan Li
Assistant Buyer / Stationery Explorer
Enchanted by all the wonderful goodies in the shop, Yulan owns and uses much of our stationery herself and loves to share her experience. She is passionate about every product in our shop and is always happy to help you choose the perfect items to take home. Since joining The Paper Mouse, Yulan has accompanied the buying team to trade shows and shops around the world and now helps to keep our shop chock-full of goodies for you to find.