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When she graduated from one of the universities in North Carolina in the USA, she was 26 years old. Collete DiVitt has always been very ambitious and started looking for a job right after graduation. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs did not hire a woman because she did not fit their company. The obstacle with whom Collete was born was to be. She grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, so she decided to open her own business.
The 31-year-old with Down syndrome started her own business
As a child, she dreamed of opening her own confectionery and bakery. She asked her mother Rosemary Alfredo for help. She wanted a woman to teach her the basics of running her own business. Probably none of them expected Collete DiVitt to achieve such a huge success in the United States after five years.
“Collettey’s Cookies”, as the 31-year-old’s business is called, sells home-made biscuits on the Internet, as well as the 7-eleven chain of stores. Collette DiVitto is currently the CEO and CO. A woman’s business is also worth $ 1.2 million! It turns out that Collette did not start her own business to become a millionaire, but to give job opportunities to people who were also born with Down syndrome. Now 15 of them work in the company.
What were the beginnings like? During the first months, she managed to sell as many as 4,000. cakes, and from the beginning until today … 550 thousand! These numbers are very impressive. Collette and her cookies are also a hit. Thousands of fans follow a woman on social media, support and thank her for what she does because she is a huge inspiration.
Collette DiVitto proves that nothing is impossible and adversity is not a reason to give up your own dreams.
Source: Gazeta
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