W

hen Cristina Laker came to Jen Ajlouny for help with 
her daughter Clara’s bat mitzvah party, she knew what to 
expect — it was the third time she’d worked with her. 
“The trust aspect was already there,” says Ajlouny, a senior event 
director at Star Trax Events’ full-service design team, called the A 
Team. “We had a conversation with Cristina and Clara, who was 
excited to have an active role in the creation of her party. But they 
also gave us a lot of creative freedom because they knew we got it — 
they approved most of what we proposed.”

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A neon-infused bat mitzvah 
party is all about energy.

Shining 
Bright

LYNNE KONSTANTIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER 
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JUSTIN MUNTER

Celebrate

Clara Laker 
(center) with (left 
to right) brothers 
Miles and Eli, dad 
Michael and mom 
Cristina. 

The first look.

