Meet the 2AM team
Meet Harper Spero, founder of 2AM, and the therapists and advisors behind the platform helping people show up for those they care about through hard moments.
Harper Spero, Founder and CEO of 2AM
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Harper Spero’s work centers on storytelling, community, and showing up for the people we care about. She founded 2AM to help people find the words and confidence to support loved ones through hard moments.
Harper was diagnosed with a rare immunodeficiency, Hyper IgE Syndrome, at age ten, after her mom spent years searching for answers. Until she needed a life threatening surgery to remove a quarter of her right lung, she kept her illness to herself. In 2018, after not finding content she resonated with about life with an invisible illness, she founded Made Visible, a platform amplifying the voices of people living with invisible illness. Her story and the platform were featured in TheSkimm, Health, Bustle, and more.
She is a certified coach who has worked with hundreds of solopreneurs and small business owners since 2014, and facilitated a group coaching program for women solopreneurs.
Earlier in her career, Harper spent a decade in marketing, event production, and PR, working with brands including Buddy Media, Avon, and Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. That background shaped how she thinks about building community and telling stories that resonate.
Harper has spoken at companies including UBS, Sony Music, Mellon Investments, and Diageo, and was the keynote speaker at the 2025 Advocate Health For All Conference.
Advisory Board
2AM is informed by an advisory board of licensed professionals who offer ongoing guidance and perspective on our approach. Their insight shapes the platform's direction and growth.
Get to know our amazing advisory board.
Amy VanHaren
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Amy VanHaren has spent her career creating places for people to not be alone at a threshold. She built and sold Pumpspotting, a maternal health platform that reached over 100,000 parents, spent 25 years in brand strategy with clients like Patagonia and Stonyfield, and is now a founding partner at The Northbound Company, helping women-led businesses prepare to exit. She hosts The Yeah No For Sure Show, a podcast about friendship, and lives in Maine.
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"It's hard to human right now."
It was so simple and honest and deeply supportive: it was enough. I now say that to my children.
Tara Rosegarten, LCSW
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A clinical social worker in private practice in New York City with over 32 years of experience. She takes an integrative approach to psychotherapy, combining practical tools, a strong foundation in human development, and evidence-based therapeutic techniques with an appreciation for each client’s emotional, relational, and spiritual well-being.
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An important small thing people can do for someone is “show up” and be present. Just being with another can be comforting and supportive. Often, out of our own awkwardness we need to solve or do and its important at moments to just “BE”.
Tiffany Dyba
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Cubicle and cancer survivor. Built her own recruitment consultancy in NYC, writing and putting health and creativity first.
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I think do, don't ask. People don't want the burden of telling you how to help. So send the food delivery. Book the massage. Send the text offering to listen; don't ask for the update. They don't need more to think about.
Jodi Taub, LCSW, PLLC
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A psychotherapist with nearly three decades of experience supporting individuals, couples, families, and caregivers navigating chronic illness and complex medical conditions. She is the author of More Than a Patient and frequently speaks on resilience, relationships, and the emotional impact of illness.
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One of the most helpful things someone can do is validate what a person is going through and ask, "How can I best support you?" We often feel pressure to fix things, but sometimes the greatest gift is simply being present, listening without judgment, and showing up in the way that person needs.