Ancestry: Born in Bogata, Colombia and raised in Miami
Residence: Miami, FL
What Should Know:
During her senior year at Georgetown, Luisa discovered liquid nitrogen’s potential to revolutionize the ice cream experience. Merging her passions for sustainable, value-driven business and a mission to reinvent the way America thinks of ice cream, she decided to launch Lulu’s. She began by hosting an ice cream pop-up shop at various events on and off campus and later hosted a weekly stand at the Georgetown Farmer’s Market.
In November 2014, Lulu’s won The Startup Hoya Challenge Rocket Pitch, an elevator pitch competition held as part of Georgetown Entrepreneurship Day. At the Hoya Challenge Entreprelooza Luisa took home first place for a commercial track business, a People’s Choice Award and Student Entrepreneur of the Year. (Lulu’s Ice Cream
Link Sources
Quote: https://www.forbes.com/sites/viviannunez/2017/06/05/how-this-latina-turned-the-ice-cream-she-made-in-her-dorm-room-into-her-full-time-career/#53a7687f6b2d
Photo: http://www.lulus-icecream.com/our-story/
Additional Sources: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/luisa-santos-shares-lulus-sweet-success-with-employees-8069813
