Collette Divitto (born 1990) is an entrepreneur and disability rights activist based in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the founder of Collettey's Cookies.
Collette Divitto
The packaging of the "Amazing Cookie" from Collettey's Cookies
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]
^ abKurland, 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. December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^"Cookie orders roll in at business owned by woman with Down syndrome". CBS News. CBS Broadcasting Inc. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^Tejada, Chloe (19 January 2017). "Rejection Made This Baker With Down Syndrome Open Her Own Cookie Shop". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^"'Collettey's Cookies' Founder Speaking At UN For World Down Syndrome Day". CBS Boston. CBS Publications Inc. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
External sourcesedit
Collette Divitto's Facebook profile
Facebook page for Collettey's Cookies
Website for Collettey's Cookies
Twitter account for Collettey's Cookies (featuring photographs of cookies, labels, Collette, and staffers) - @colletteycookie
January 01, 1970
collette, divitto, born, 1990, entrepreneur, disability, rights, activist, based, boston, massachusetts, founder, collettey, cookies, packaging, amazing, cookie, from, collettey, cookiesborn1990, occupation, entrepreneur, disability, rights, activistknown, for. Collette Divitto born 1990 is an entrepreneur and disability rights activist based in Boston Massachusetts She is the founder of Collettey s Cookies Collette DivittoThe packaging of the Amazing Cookie from Collettey s CookiesBorn1990 age 33 34 Occupation s Entrepreneur and disability rights activistKnown forFounder of Collettey s Cookies Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 See also 4 References 5 External sourcesEarly life editDivitto has Down syndrome She graduated from Clemson University in South Carolina in 2013 1 Career editCollettey 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 editList of people with Down syndrome Supported employment National Disability Employment Awareness Month Self employment Employment discriminationReferences edit 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 December 2016 Retrieved 2 December 2018 Cookie orders roll in at business owned by woman with Down syndrome CBS News CBS Broadcasting Inc 2 December 2016 Retrieved 2 December 2018 Tejada Chloe 19 January 2017 Rejection Made This Baker With Down Syndrome Open Her Own Cookie Shop The Huffington Post Retrieved 2 December 2018 Collettey s Cookies Founder Speaking At UN For World Down Syndrome Day CBS Boston CBS Publications Inc 21 March 2018 Retrieved 2 December 2018 External sources editCollette Divitto s Facebook profile Facebook page for Collettey s Cookies Website for Collettey s Cookies Twitter account for Collettey s Cookies featuring photographs of cookies labels Collette and staffers colletteycookie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Collette Divitto amp oldid 1185977655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
