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🗓️ 4 March 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Episode 258 highlights Latina-themed candle business owner Melissa Gallardo of Bonita Fierce Candles. Listen to her inspiring episode now!
Melissa Gallardo is the Founder of Bonita Fierce Candles, a premium heritage-focused home fragrance brand. Her mission is to revolutionize the toxic and generic home fragrance industry and create better-for-you products that cement a space for diverse, nuanced Latina voices and stories.
As Founder & CEO of Bonita Fierce Candles, Melissa believes being Latina and American is not a linear experience and that feeling of belonging, of finding your place, of being home is an experience to be celebrated. Her company is the first Latina-owned candle brand to launch at Nordstrom, Barnes & Noble, and Urban Outfitters.
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