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Meet Brenda
Brenda Christensen is the CEO and founder of Stellar Public Relations, a Fort Myers based boutique agency specializing in business to business and business to consumer technology. With a background in journalism and more than two decades of experience in public relations, she has built a firm known not only for its results but for its values, working exclusively with companies she believes are making the world more equitable, inclusive, and humane.
The Quiet Constant Behind the Noise
Public relations is, by its nature, loud. It is headlines, launches, announcements, and urgency. Yet Brenda Christensen’s presence within it has always been surprisingly quiet. Not withdrawn, not hesitant, but steady. Observant. Purposeful.
At Stellar Public Relations, success has never been framed as volume or visibility alone. The agency is now more than twenty years old, experiencing its strongest financial year to date, built entirely on referrals and careful selection. That outward success, however, has always been secondary to something deeper. For Brenda, public relations has never been about amplification for its own sake. It has been about responsibility.
Her work sits at the intersection of journalism, technology, and social impact. She has helped shape narratives for some of the most influential companies of the modern era, from global enterprises to emerging startups, but the throughline has remained constant. Stories matter because they inform people. Stories matter because they influence decisions. And stories matter because they can, when handled with care, push the world forward rather than distract it.
A Shy Teenager and an Unexpected Vote of Confidence
Brenda does not describe herself as someone who was always comfortable leading. In fact, she remembers being quite shy during her early years. That self perception was challenged when her high school yearbook adviser selected her as editor, the first female to ever hold the role at her school.
The responsibility was enormous. She was suddenly tasked with leading a team of twenty students and producing something that would become a permanent record of a shared moment in time. The pressure was not abstract. It was daily, tangible, and demanding.
Instead of retreating, she worked relentlessly. Early mornings, late nights, and weekends were spent making sure every page reflected the care and effort she felt the role deserved. The result was a nationally award winning yearbook that, years later, would serve as an early historical record of filmmaker Paul Feig, long before his rise in Hollywood and his advocacy for women in film.
That experience planted a belief that never left her. Capability often reveals itself only after trust is given. Leadership is not about confidence arriving first. It is about commitment showing up anyway.
Journalism as a Moral Compass
Brenda’s professional foundation was journalism, a field she entered with a genuine love for storytelling and truth. Reporters, editors, deadlines, and integrity shaped how she understood communication. When she later encountered public relations from the outside, the contrast was jarring.
She was troubled by the lack of professionalism she saw. Poor pitches. Misunderstood narratives. A disconnect between what companies wanted to say and what journalists actually needed. Rather than turning away, she made an unexpected decision. She jumped careers, entering a field she openly considered deeply flawed, not to benefit from it, but to improve it.
Her goal was simple but ambitious. To build a bridge. To respect journalists by delivering stories that mattered. To ensure companies understood that credibility was earned, not demanded.
That respect for journalism never faded. Even today, she begins each morning with the same intention. To deliver meaningful stories to reporters who are trying to educate the public about what comes next. The trust she built over decades came not from volume but from consistency, curiosity, and care.
When Preparation Meets Reality
No career unfolds without moments that test composure. One such moment arrived during a major global technology conference. Brenda was coordinating a press conference for more than five hundred journalists. Every detail had been prepared. A dark room. A full slide deck. A live demo.
At the last moment, a booking error forced the event into a white tent in a sunlit parking lot. The technology setup was useless. The presentation plan was gone. What remained was the story itself.
There was no time to panic. She adjusted. She spoke. She connected. The event succeeded not because of visuals or staging, but because the message was clear and compelling. The lesson stayed with her. Preparation matters, but adaptability matters more. Control is an illusion. Presence is not.
Sleeping on a Pool Float and Refusing to Fail
Long before accolades and recognition, there was a moment of quiet determination that still defines her. As a young woman, Brenda drove to California alone, knowing no one. She had no safety net. No savings. No clear path.
Her first nights were spent sleeping on an inflatable pool float. Food was a luxury. She bought a box of brownie mix and lived on it for a week until her first paycheck arrived. The situation was fragile, but her resolve was not.
She did not frame this period as sacrifice or heroism. It was simply refusal. Refusal to quit. Refusal to accept that limitations were permanent. Being a woman in a male dominated industry added another layer of resistance, but she chose not to engage with it. She ignored assumptions and kept moving forward.
The Weight of Influence and the Choice to Use It Well
Over time, Brenda found herself at the forefront of technological change. She worked with companies building tools that reshaped communication, security, and marketing. She helped scale businesses from modest beginnings to extraordinary growth, including one company that went from one hundred thousand to one hundred million in revenue in seven years, entirely bootstrapped.
She witnessed firsthand how technology could influence elections, economies, and behavior. That proximity to power sharpened her sense of responsibility. She began to think less about personal struggle and more about collective impact.
As she reflects,
“It’s important to remember that your struggles are unimportant. We all have them, and someone is most likely silently struggling more than you.”
That mindset shaped how she led. Success became less about personal validation and more about easing paths for others.
Stellar Public Relations and a Very High Bar
Stellar Public Relations was never built to chase scale. It was built to protect standards. Every client is vetted. Every partnership is intentional. The agency works only through referrals, and only with companies aligned with its values.
Many of those companies are focused on inclusion, accessibility, and ethical innovation. Neurodiversity has become a central focus, not as a trend, but as a moral imperative. Brenda believes the next meaningful technological movement will be defined by tools that level the playing field rather than widen it.
She is clear about what success means now. Financial health matters because it enables independence and sustainability, not because it is the goal itself. As she puts it,
“My goal was never to create a million dollar business. My goal was to be independent and self supporting while delivering the best public relations strategies and results to our clients to change the world.”
Looking Forward With the Same Intention
As she looks ahead, Brenda’s plans remain consistent with the values that guided her from the beginning. She intends to continue supporting socially responsible technology companies and advancing conversations around neurodiversity, fair hiring, collaboration, and safety.
She measures progress not by titles or awards, though many have come, but by alignment. Alignment between values and work. Alignment between intention and outcome.
Her advice, distilled from decades of experience, is deceptively simple. Stay curious. Take action. Be consistent. Give generously. These are not slogans. They are habits.
The Long Arc of Purpose
Brenda Christensen’s story is not one of overnight success or perfectly plotted ambition. It is the story of someone who kept choosing action over hesitation, service over self interest, and integrity over convenience.
Leadership, in her case, emerged quietly and steadily. Not through dominance, but through reliability. Not through spectacle, but through care.
In an industry often driven by attention, she has built a career rooted in intention. And in doing so, she reminds us that the most enduring influence rarely announces itself loudly. It simply shows up, again and again, doing the work that needs to be done.
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