{{Short description|Ecuadorian internet streamer and gamer}} {{Infobox person | name = Gaby Spartz | image = GabySpartzHeadshot2.png | image_size = 200px | alt = | birth_name = Gaby Montero | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|9|1}} | birth_place = Quito, Ecuador | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | parents = | relations = | occupation = Twitch streamer and YouTube gamer | years_active = 2015–present | website = {{URL|http://www.gabyspartz.com}} }}
'''Gaby Spartz''' (née Montero) (born September 1, 1987) is an Ecuadorian Twitch streamer and YouTube gamer.<ref name="Chicagobiz">{{cite magazine |title=Meet nerd celeb and mega-gamer Gaby Spartz|magazine=Chicago Business |date=17 November 2016 |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161117/ISSUE03/161119882/mini-profile-gaby-spartz-e-sports-commentator-and-dose-co-founder |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> She is also the founder of the market research company Dose.<ref name="INC">{{cite web |last=Fenn |first=Donna |title=Taking the Guesswork Out of Virality |url=https://www.inc.com/30under30/donna-fenn/spartz-media-emerson-gaby-spartz-2013.html |publisher=INC |date=28 May 2013 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref>
==Career==
In 2009, Spartz launched Spartz Media (now Dose), a company that crowdsourced content from its users, across dozens of websites.<ref name="Marantz">{{cite magazine |last=Marantz |first=Andrew |title=The Virologist |magazine=The New Yorker |date=5 January 2015 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/05/virologist |accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref> GivesMeHope, one of the web properties, asked readers to share their answer to the question “What gives you hope?” in short anonymous stories.<ref>{{cite web |last=Anjarwalla |first=Tas |title=8 feel-good websites to brighten your day |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/08/02/8.sites.brighten.day/index.html?_s=PM:TECH |publisher=CNN |date=2 Aug 2010 |access-date=17 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809143212/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-02/tech/8.sites.brighten.day_1_uplifting-stories-sites-happy-news?_s=PM%3ATECH |archive-date=9 August 2012 }}</ref> The website was created as a response to FMyLife,<ref>{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Matt |website=Esquire |url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/endorsement/gives-me-hope-060109#ixzz0iZqVlDQD/ |title=GivesMeHope.com: When Bankruptcy, Plane Crashes, and Mondays Get You Down |date=1 June 2009 |accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref> and went on to become a published book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/15294734-gives-me-hope-the-127-most-inspiring-bite-sized-stories|title=Gives Me Hope|website=www.goodreads.com|accessdate=Aug 10, 2020}}</ref>
In 2015, the company changed its name to Dose, launched Dose.com and raised $25 million in venture financing.<ref name="Chicagobizjournal">{{cite web |title=Digital media startup Spartz raises $8 million |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2013/10/30/digital-media-startup-spartz-raises-8.html |publisher=Chicago Business Journal |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dose-formerly-spartz-media-raises-25-million-series-b-financing-led-by-tribune-media-300190548.html|title=Dose, Formerly Spartz Media, Raises $25 Million Series B Financing, Led By Tribune Media|first=Dose Media|last=LLC|website=www.prnewswire.com|accessdate=Aug 10, 2020}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Chicagobiz"/> As a contractor for Wizards of the Coast, she writes articles for their website, DailyMTG.com.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/963946|title=Article Archives|website=MAGIC: THE GATHERING|accessdate=Aug 10, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804051044/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/963946|url-status=dead}}</ref> She's been involved in tournament reporting,<ref name="Kotaku">{{cite web |last=Kunzelman |first=Cameron |title=Magic Commentator Opens A Black Lotus During Broadcast (Sort Of) |url=https://kotaku.com/magic-commentator-opens-a-black-lotus-during-broadcast-1826902514 |website=Kotaku |date=17 June 2019 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> the worldwide release of ''Magic: The Gathering Arena''<ref name="Epic">{{cite web |last=Vyper |first=Jake |title=Magic: The Gathering Arena World Premiere Details With New Jace Poster |url=http://epicstream.com/news/JakeVyper/Magic-The-Gathering-Arena-World-Premiere-Details-With-New-Jace-Poster |publisher=Epicstream |date=31 August 2017 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> and special game modes in Arena, such as “Gaby’s Greedy Draft”.<ref name="Variety">{{cite web |last=Fogel |first=Stephanie |title='Magic: The Gathering Arena' To Hold Monthly Streamer Events |url=https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/magic-the-gathering-arena-announces-streamer-events-1202993940 |publisher=Variety |date=25 October 2018 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref>
==Recognition== Spartz was named to INC's 30 under 30 class of 2013.<ref name="INC"/> Built in Chicago listed her as a female founder who has raised over $1M.<ref name="Builtin">{{cite web |title=Here are Chicago's female tech founders who have raised more than $1M |url=http://www.builtinchicago.org/2016/08/01/chicago-female-founders-funding |publisher=Built in Chicago |date=18 August 2016 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> Spartz was named one of the "Best Female Streamers To Watch" by Tech Junkie,<ref name="Junkie">{{cite web |last=Sattelberg |first=William |title=The Best Female Streamers on Twitch in 2019 |url=https://www.techjunkie.com/best-female-streamers-twitch |publisher=Tech Junkie |date=23 July 2019 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> and a Twitch Ambassador for Twitchcon 2019.<ref name="Bleedingcool">{{cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Gavin |title=Twitch Announces TwitchCon North America Tickets Now On Sale |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/06/19/twitch-announces-twitchcon-north-america-tickets-now-on-sale |publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=19 June 2019 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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.<ref name="Observer">{{cite web |title=MuggleNet Founder and '09 ND Alum Spartz Creates Online Media Corporation |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2011/09/mugglenet-founder-and-09-nd-alum-spartz-creates-online-media-corporation |publisher=ND SMC Observer |date=15 September 2011 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> She now lives in Denver, Colorado.<ref name="CFB">{{cite web |last=Scott-Vargas |first=Luis |title= Taking Standard Scapeshift to Victory at GP Denver |url=https://www.channelfireball.com/home/taking-standard-scapeshift-to-victory-at-gp-denver |publisher=Channel Fireball |date=31 July 2019 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref>
Spartz married Emerson Spartz, her college boyfriend, in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mugglenet.com/2011/09/mugglenets-emerson-and-gaby-tie-the-knot/|title=MuggleNet's Emerson and Gaby tie the knot!|date=Sep 3, 2011|accessdate=Aug 10, 2020}}</ref> They divorced in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://courtlink.lexisnexis.com/cookcounty/FindDock.aspx?DocketKey=CABHDAABGIG0DR | title=LexisNexis - Web site is unavailable }}</ref>
On October 11, 2021, Spartz and her boyfriend, now husband Luis Scott-Vargas's first child was born, a boy named Santi.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=lsv |number=1447742773549887488 |title=I know I said I was going to stream last weekend, but baby Santi had other plans for us. He showed up early and we are all overjoyed to meet him!}}</ref> They welcomed twins Leo and Sofia in November 2024.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=lsv |number=1860406751767732655 |title=After the longest week of our lives, the twins are finally home! They had a rough delivery and spent a week in the NICU, but Leo and Sofia are home, happy, and healthy. Gaby Spartz and I couldn’t be happier ourselves, and we feel so lucky to get to add them to our family}}</ref>
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