Bolados, chunches, y otras babosadas. As our mothers would say, ustedes solo son inventos. When Norma didn’t find ways to represent her pride, she decided to create them. She became an entrepreneur and launched an online store to sell Salvadoran themed pins, socks, and apparel.  Pull on those pupusas sock, put on those boss pants and get ready to start a small business with Norma Rivas.

Norma is the creative bicha behind Mimster Shop. She was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley about 30 minutes outside Los Angeles. Norma grew up in a very loving and extremely Salvadoran household. She’s the youngest of 3 and definitely the one que sale con todas las bayuncadas.

• Traveled to El Salvador regularly growing up
• Small towns in ES where everyone knows everyone
• Feeling safer in ES than in the US
• El Cuco
• Fiestas Agostinas - weeklong parties
• Alfombras de aserrín
• Desfile de carrozas
• Running for Queen of the village
• Stolen elections for the local monarch!?
• Dating interculturally
• Working with uniform design
• Wanting to show pride in your culture
• If you build it, they will come
• Figuring things out as you go
• Power of word of mouth
• Finding inspiration while stuck in traffic
• Self doubt can ruin your path and dreams
• Challenges of running a business
• Getting overwhelmed
• Going for perfection, not taking compromises on quality
• Boss: putting your big girl pants on
• You'll never know if you don't try

 

Show resources:

• https://www.etsy.com/shop/MimsterShopCo
• https://www.instagram.com/mimster.shop/
• https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiestas_patronales_de_San_Salvador
• Fiestas Patronales San Salvador - Video

Music:

Salvi Nacion by Crooked Stilo

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