Collette Divitto
Collette Divitto | |
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Born | 1990 (age 31–32) |
Occupation | Entrepreneur and disability rights activist |
Known for | Founder of |
Collette Divitto (born 1990) is an entrepreneur and disability rights activist based in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the founder of Collettey’s Cookies.
Early life[]
Divitto has Down syndrome. She graduated from Clemson University in South Carolina in 2013.[1]
Career[]
Collettey’s Cookies was founded in 2015, with help from her mother Rosemary Alfredo and sister Blake, after failing to find paid employment.[1] Her first retail account was Golden Goose Market, a store in her neighborhood, the North End. The store was selling 100 bags of Collettey’s Cookies within the first week.[2] After a TV news segment about the company in the winter of 2016, which was amplified via social media, sales increased.[3][4] In 2018, represented the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress at the United Nations as a star ambassador.[5]
See also[]
- List of people with Down syndrome
- Supported employment
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- Self-employment
- Employment discrimination
References[]
- ^ a b Kurland, Ann Trieger. "When this entrepreneur with Down syndrome couldn't find work at a bakery, she started her own". The Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Boston Business Owner With Down Syndrome Receives Orders For Thousands Of Cookies". CBS Boston. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Cookie orders roll in at business owned by woman with Down syndrome". CBS News. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Tejada, Chloe. "Rejection Made This Baker With Down Syndrome Open Her Own Cookie Shop". Huffington Post. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "'Collettey's Cookies' Founder Speaking At UN For World Down Syndrome Day". CBS Boston. CBS Publications Inc. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
External sources[]
- Living people
- Clemson University alumni
- American businesspeople
- People with Down syndrome
- American people with disabilities
- 1990 births