By: ​Isabel
IG: @sololishop

I’m Isabel an American Dominican Latina/x women. My mom is from Puerto Plata my dad from Monte Cristi. I’m a mother of two girls, married for almost 20 years, he is Mexican-American, his mom is from Michoacan and his dad is from a small town of Puebla called Chila de la Sal. The main reason I started Sololi is because I wanted to help local artisans. Second, I wanted to share with the world that you don’t have to shop for everything at a big box store, that if you look around you can realize that our ancestors have been creating beautiful pieces from over a thousand years.

Sololi is a artisan shop of traditional merchandise with a modern twist of colors and fun patterns. My goal is to share with the world beautiful handmade items that we co-create with our artisan partners in Mexico.

Sololi comes from the indigenous language Nahuatl and it means “something old” the symbol on top comes from Tzotzil language and it means “star” all together means that our ancestors are guiding us to continue sharing their handmade traditions with with the world. 

Any advice you want to give fellow Latinas who want to start their own business?

To always do their best work and to touch one person at a time. Make a difference. Build a legacy, not just an empire. Keep your values front and center. Launch ideas from your corazón. Make passion your master and allow all possibility to feed your soul.