Every morning Mary Coronado, 59, wakes up and smiles. She proceeds to say a little prayer for herself, her loved ones and everyone she doesn’t know. Mary treats every single day like a holiday. She wears her fanciest dresses and does her makeup and hair — emphasis on ‘every single day’. “Life is how…
Written by: Haydee Moreno, COO and CFO of JUST “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” – Albert Einstein Action is one of JUST’s three stated values, alongside Community and Trust (which when combined aptly spell ACT). We…
An image of Ninfa Espinoza with her eight kids. Female entrepreneur, Ninfa Espinoza, started living when she realized that her life might never get to be ‘easy’. Working seven days a week at multiple side hustle jobs, she decided she was going to start living on her terms instead of reacting to the stream of…
Authored by: Zoe Schlag, Entrepreneur and JUST Board Member Most of my best decisions have come out of existential dilemmas. Or rather, most of my best decisions have come from deciding to stop running away from existential dilemmas and address them head on. I’ve been in the impact investing world for nearly a decade, and…
Susana’s journey as an entrepreneur began when she was nine years old in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Her family lived in extreme poverty and from a very young age, Susie knew she needed to work in order to survive. The intrepid entrepreneur sold newspapers in the street, washed cars and cleaned houses. “I have always…