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Sergio Aparicio
Marketing & PR Director

Erin Curtis
Operations & Special Projects Director

Olivia Pope
Business & Finance Manager

Karley Ruxton
Assistant Market Manager

Stephen Ruxton
Market Manager
Sergio Aparicio
At Soda City I…
I am mostly behind a camera capturing what the market has to offer. I love to share the experiences people have through my eyes and lenses. My favorite part about this role is that I get to build relationships with all the vendors. What a better way to tell a story through pictures and happy moments.
If you run into me around Columbia, it’s mostly likely…
you will find me making friends with everyone around me. I love to meet new people! So please come talk to me and let’s be friends.
Favorite Fact
Experienced a week in the Amazonian Jungle. Drove in the most dangerous road – Death Road in Yungas. Accessed Rosalila temple in the undergrounds of the Mayan Ruins built 6th century. Traveled to the End of the World in Patagonia. Gave a glass of wine to the deceased Queen of England.
Erin Curtis
At Soda City I…
am mostly behind the scenes, overseeing company operations at a macro level and handling business development.
If you run into me around Columbia, it’s mostly likely…
at a brewery, MUV Fitness, or hanging out with my neighbors in Elmwood Park.
Favorite Fact
On August 6, 2014, the Rosetta space probe reached a Comet 67P after a 10 year journey through space. In order to reach the velocity needed to catch up with 67P, Rosetta performed 3 gravity assisted flybys (like a slingshot), 2 by Earth and 1 by Mars. Rosetta travelled a total of 4 billion miles to reach Comet 67P, which at that time was travelling 34,000 mph — but she was not done. Slowing down to a relative velocity of 2.2 mph (by completing 3 arc maneuvers), Rosetta began orbiting 67P and on November 12th dropped the Philae lander ON THE COMET from an approximate distance of 20 miles. Science is wild, y’all.
Emile DeFelice
At Soda City I…
weigh in on vendor and financial issues, and support the team in whatever way possible — such as helping Stephen and Karley with load-in and load-out market traffic, trimming down Olivia’s inbox by sorting out junk mail and responding where I can, conferring with Erin about long term planning, and being helpful to our guests and collaborators!
If you run into me around Columbia, it’s mostly likely…
at the Columbia Animal Shelter, where I am the volunteer handyman and active foster parent. Otherwise, I am pretty domestic and stay mostly near home, endlessly renovating or grilling out with Kristian (who co-founded the market with me back in November 2005) or Randall (who owns the Gardeners’ Outpost). On a rare outing, you might catch me at Bourbon, Black Rooster, Drip Coffee, or Goat’s. Biking around town and an end of the day cool down swim at West Columbia Riverfront Park with my friend, Tom, are my favorite in-town things to do.
Favorite Fact
Columbia is one of only TWO southern cities with Class 4-5 rapids running through it. High-five Richmond, VA!
Olivia Pope
At Soda City I…
manage the market’s administrative operations and ensure the process of being a vendor at Soda City is straightforward and user-friendly. I have been Soda City’s business manager for over six years and have had so much fun along the way. It is a privilege to work with so many creative minds, help support hundreds of small businesses, and watch them flourish!
If you run into me around Columbia, it’s mostly likely…
well, at the market! Other than that, I enjoy supporting small artists and makers, so attending alternative markets such as Southeast Punk Flea Market, Yall-mart, and NoMa Flea is on my list every year. I’m a homebody at heart so when I am at home I am usually taking care of my backyard chickens, tending to my garden, working on my own art, and playing video games.
Favorite Fact
If not for the Fungi Kingdom, life as we know it would not exist. Almost every single aspect of our ancient and modern world revolves around our symbiotic relationship with fungi. Fungi are more closely related to humans than they are to plants – you could even say we are cousins. Some fungi even have the innate ability to clear up all man-made pollution, if given the time. A fungus among us, am I right?
Karley Ruxton
At Soda City I…
Wake up early on Saturdays as an excuse to spend quality time with Stephen (my husband). I help him chalk off vendor spaces and assist wherever needed. Once the market begins, I become a purveyor of all the Soda City swag. I can be found at the Soda City tent smiling at cute pups and selling the softest of T-shirts.
If you run into me around Columbia, it’s mostly likely…
Close to home. Even pre-pandemic, I love that I can walk to coffee shops, restaurants, a brewery, and Segra Park from my house in Elmwood. If we’re not with our neighbor pod, you might find my husband and me at antique stores rummaging for hidden gems, scouring records at Papa Jazz, throwing discs in Earlewood park, or grabbing ingredients at Earth Fare as Stephen cooks his way through The Food Lab.
Favorite Fact
You can sneeze faster than a cheetah can run. A sneeze clocks in at 100 mph and blasts about 100,000 germs. Please cover your sneezes, wash your hands, and mask up!
Stephen Ruxton
At Soda City I…
do whatever I can to help out. Most of the time that means helping Jordan ensure the market runs smoothly, but it also includes cutting paper for the Gervais Street Bridge Dinner, pouring beers, and driving around a big white van.
If you run into me around Columbia, it’s mostly likely…
drinking a cold brew at my favorite neighborhood coffee shop with my wife and our giant fur-child.
Favorite Fact
Your face is older than your feet. Einstein’s theory of relativity tells us that the closer you are to the center of the Earth, the slower time goes. Therefore, time is actually passing faster at your head, than it is at your feet. If you were to stand at the top of Mount Everest, a year would be 15 microseconds shorter than someone who is standing on the beach. All of this may be a moot point, however, as some physicists have proposed that time itself could be slowing, and in a few billion years everything as we know it today will be just like a picture – frozen in time.
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