Collettey's Cookies – with Collette Divitto, entrepreneur with Down syndrome

Collette Divitto is an entrepreneur, disability rights activist, author, global speaker, and thought leader to anyone who's ever been told they are not good enough or intelligent enough to pursue their dreams.

After being rejected from many job opportunities, likely due to her disability (Down syndrome), Collette decided to launch her own cookie company. Before she knew it, the company, and her story, blew up to global status. Today, Collettey's Cookies has sold over 950,000 cookies, and stays true to her mission of creating employment for people with disabilities and advocating for change!

Collette also started a nonprofit organization called Collettey's Leadership, which offers workshops, webinars, and mentoring for the neurodiverse community. Collettey's Cookies donates a percentage of profits each year to this charity and its programs and goals.

During this episode, you will hear Collette talk about:

• What inspired her to start her own cookie company
• How she comes up with the cookie flavors she sells
• How she recruits people with disabilities to work at Collettey's Cookies, and the types of roles they have at her company
• Her advocacy for helping people with disabilities find employment and excel in their roles

Learn more about Collettey's Cookies at Colletteys.com and Collettey's Leadership at ColletteysLeadership.org.

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