Gaby Spartz

In 2009, Spartz launched Spartz Media (now Dose), a company that crowdsourced content from its users, across dozens of websites.^[3] GivesMeHope, one of the web properties, asked readers to share their answer to the question “What gives you hope?” in short anonymous stories.^[4] The website was created as a response to FMyLife,^[5] and went on to become a published book.^[6]

In 2015, the company changed its name to Dose, launched Dose.com and raised $25 million in venture financing.^[7][8]

Spartz started streaming on Twitch in 2015, while working at Dose. She became a Twitch partner in April 2015, and that summer, she left Dose to focus on full-time streaming and doing commentary at high-level Magic: The Gathering events.^[1] As a contractor for Wizards of the Coast, she writes articles for their website, DailyMTG.com.^[9] She's been involved in tournament reporting,^[10] the worldwide release of Magic: The Gathering Arena^[11] and special game modes in Arena, such as “Gaby’s Greedy Draft”.^[12]

Spartz was named to INC's 30 under 30 class of 2013.^[2] Built in Chicago listed her as a female founder who has raised over $1M.^[13] Spartz was named one of the "Best Female Streamers To Watch" by Tech Junkie,^[14] and a Twitch Ambassador for Twitchcon 2019.^[15]

Spartz was born and raised in Quito, Ecuador. She is the younger of two sisters. She went to school at the University of Notre Dame.^[16] She now lives in Denver, Colorado.^[17]

Spartz married Emerson Spartz, her college boyfriend, in 2011.^[18] They divorced in 2017.^[19]

On October 11, 2021, Spartz and her boyfriend, now husband Luis Scott-Vargas's first child was born, a boy named Santi.^[20] They welcomed twins Leo and Sofia in November 2024.^[21]