Collette Divitto

Collette Divitto (born 1990) is an entrepreneur and disability 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
Born1990 (age 30–31)
OccupationEntrepreneur and disability activist
Known forFounder 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

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Boston Business Owner With Down Syndrome Receives Orders For Thousands Of Cookies". CBS Boston. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. "Cookie orders roll in at business owned by woman with Down syndrome". CBS News. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. Tejada, Chloe. "Rejection Made This Baker With Down Syndrome Open Her Own Cookie Shop". Huffington Post. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. "'Collettey's Cookies' Founder Speaking At UN For World Down Syndrome Day". CBS Boston. CBS Publications Inc. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

External sources
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