Maranatha Education Center

Professional Services

Johana Lopez, a Colombian immigrant, is a bilingual educator, curriculum developer, and leader with over 10 years of success in language and literacy education. She's passionate about empowering entrepreneurs through interactive, creative, and innovative professional development workshops, webinars, seminars, and courses. She recently founded Maranatha Education Center LLC, aimed at improving living conditions, embracing cultural differences, and bridging communities through knowledge. Services include: - Business English and Spanish classes to build teams and grow markets. - Interview preparation for dream jobs or U.S. Citizenship exams.

Marble Arch Gardens

Online Retailer

Marble Arch Gardens provides holistic nutrition and clinical herbalism services to the community, including wellness education, integrative health coaching, and natural herbal products to support a healthy lifestyle. They offer many services such as workshops, classes, and cooking demos focused on the use of natural wholesome foods to maintain wellness. They proudly offer an award winning line of herbal organic and naturally grown wellness products that include custom formulated medicinal herbal teas, tinctures, salves, creams, herbal & milk soaps, herbal massage oils, and natural aromatherapy products; culinary herb & spice blends, infused oils & vinegars, fermented foods, and other seasonal nutrition and herbal home and body care products,


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Min Beirut Cuisine

Catering

Min Beirut Cuisine creates authentic & innovative Lebanese/Middle Eastern dishes that share the rich cultural and culinary experiences of Beirut, Lebanon's capital city. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, they offer catering services and prepared sweet and savory delicacies throughout the DC Metro area. MBC offers absolute customer satisfaction using the freshest ingredients from local markets and distinctive spice blends sourced from Lebanon. They cater healthy vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and nut free dishes. They have showcased their creations in a variety of venues (bazaars, holiday markets, receptions) around DC metro area. The are owned by a gourmet chef entrepreneur who believes that love is the miracle ingredient in every recipe they create. Their ultimate joy is sharing those vibrant exotic flavors with their guests and clients and create memorable tastes of their culture.

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MissHeard Media

Online Retailer

Lindsey Turnbull, the founder of MissHeard Media, is a Teen Girl Whisperer, expert, and curator. Through MissHeard Media, she helps tween and teen girls feel more confident, capable, and empowered so that they can achieve their dreams. By serving young women and their families, she is creating a world where tween and teen girls feel confident, prepared, and most of all, heard.


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Mynx: Lash Atelier & Institute

Beauty Salon or Barbershop

Mynx: Lash Atelier & Institute is a Peruvian women-owned lash salon, with a mission to make their guests feel their beauty emerge after every visit. They want their clients to view themselves as masterpieces. By creating a sense of community, guests can feel at home when transforming themselves through the art of beauty!


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Peru Gift Shop

Online Retailer

Peru Gift Shop offers ethical and curated gifts where every product has a story and where every purchase makes an impact on people's lives. At Perú Gift Shop they source the most ethical, socially responsible Peruvian brands a global platform while directing the world’s attention to the traditional treasures of Perú. Whether you're looking to buy handmade jewelry or crafts, Peru Gift Shop has you covered.

Plaza Teontepec Cocina y Taqueria LLC

Restaurant

Welcome to Plaza Teontepec Cocina y Taqueria, where the essence of Puebla's culinary heritage comes alive. Located in DC, this restaurant offers authentic Mexican flavors, from classic street tacos to signature dishes like mole poblano. Using locally-sourced ingredients, each dish is crafted with care and passion, ensuring a memorable dining experience. Visitors are invited to savor the true taste of Puebla at Plaza Teontepec today!

Resilience Consultants LLC

Professional Services

Resilience Consultants LLC is a social entrepreneurship small business focused on social & sustainable development, economic empowerment, health, peacebuilding, and gender equity. They are driven by the desire to propose solving social issues, with an appropriate approach, connected with the reality of the people and communities, and a spirit of collaboration with all stakeholders.

Services:

  • Advisory for social change
  • Strategy to raise funds
  • Institutional support & impact measurement 
  • Innovation for change
  • Community development
  • Project management 

SDQ Side Dish Queen

Catering

SDQ Side Dish Queen is your premier destination for personalized culinary experiences. As a personal chef and caterer, we specialize in crafting delectable dishes that cater to your unique tastes and preferences. From American classics to tantalizing international flavors, we bring a diverse array of culinary delights to your table. Whether you're seeking meal prep solutions or hosting a special event, let SDQ Side Dish Queen elevate your dining experience to new heights.

Shea by Shaun

Online Retailer

Shea by Shaun produces a high-quality natural skincare line using 100% unrefined Shea butter with pure essential and musk oils. Their innovative fragrances tell a story in each jar, by encouraging their customers to "Love The Skin You’re In." Their core values are to provide a sense of love, tranquility, prosperity, and humility with every made to order Shea butter cream. 


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Signature Princess Parties

Event Organizer

Signature Princess Parties provides customized themed birthday party boxes for young girls.

Their mission is to promote self-esteem, confidence, and cultural awareness to young black and brown girls through the platform of milestone celebrations by using activities to increase sisterhood. 

They provide joy, happiness, and excitement in a box for young girls using their three signature themes (Confidence, Self Care, and Self-Awareness). They are the perfect resource for busy parents and caregivers who want a beautiful and stress-free experience at a budget that they can afford. Their expert artistic team creates unique packages that complement the exclusive needs of their clients and create memories.

They want to take the headache of party planning away from you!

SOAR Community Network, LLC

IT Provider

The SOAR Community Network, LLC is on a mission to build communities not workforces. They build Compassionate, Cohesive and Collaborative (C3) communities within organizations using behavioral science and talent optimization toolsets. Their C3 Community Framework was designed to help growing organizations improve innovation and drive business results. They do this by mapping strategic direction, optimizing talent and operationalizing values by assessing and restructuring policies, procedures and technology.

They partner with private, public and nonprofit clients who are committed to creating a culture of inclusion, compassion and cohesion because they understand that their employees are people first; human beings who want to contribute their talents and creativity to causes they believe in and missions that matter. Executives and leaders who hire them understand that engaged employees and elevated human beings enhance productivity, drive business results and increase profitability by more than 20%.

Are you looking to set new strategic objectives, create more cohesive, collaborative and effective teams that drive business results? Work with SOAR Community Network, LLC to build your C3 Community today. Your organization will benefit from the results for years to come!

Social Butterfly School LLC

Child Care

Social Butterfly School teaches communication, social-emotional, and functional living skills to children with autism and other developmental and intellectual disabilities. They do this through their kindergarten readiness, after-school, social skills, summer camp, and virtual social skills programs. They provide virtual and in-person social skills programs for K-12 students available upon request.


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STELLALTINAAN

Online Retailer

STELLALTINAAN is a fashion and sartorial designer, with a main focus in dress making. Their business also makes jewelry, purses, belts, summer sandals, and home decor wall hangings. 

STELLALTINAAN is the vision of Naan Pocen, born in Nigeria and trained in Italy. The label was created with a specific focus on fashion and home décor. They pride themselves on creating only limited editions, or one-of-a-kind items. All items are created locally, in Maryland because it is important to them to be a part of reducing our planet’s carbon footprint. 

Although they aim to use luxurious and high-quality materials, most of the materials used in their production are locally sourced. Each design is created intentionally to be a conversation piece. Their clothing is strictly made with couture method of dressmaking.

STELLALTINAAN intentionally creates eclectic items with an exotic flare because their creative designer, Naan Pocen borrows ideas, textures and colours from the different cultures she has experienced in her travels. Today Naan Pocen uses all that exposure to create unique items combining color, texture, and comfort.


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Sunflower Home Organizer LLC

Professional Services

Sunflower Home Organizer LLC focuses on all their client's home needs. Whether it may be, organizing, downsizing, packing/unpacking, gardening, they have got you covered!

Floralba Camargo, the founder of Sunflower Home Organizer, is very passionate about organization and strives to help people organize their homes because of the positive outcome that it makes in their lives. When organization changed Floralba's life she saw this as an opportunity to start her own business and begin to help others get organized.

The Africa Memory Game

Online Retailer

The Africa Memory Game offers board games, dolls, and children's items that make learning about the African continent fun.

They are passionate about showcasing the beauty of the African continent and spend time selecting and creating learning experiences for all ages.

The business was born from the need to create an educational tool that was fun and easy to help children increase their knowledge of the history, geography, and culture of the different countries in the continent.

They have grown so much over the years and have diversified their products to include games, books, events, toys, and a boutique of clothing and accessories sourced from their partners in Africa. 


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The Real GoodEatz LLC

Catering

The Real GoodEatz is a premier caterer specializing in soulful cuisine, offering a tantalizing array of savory and sweet egg rolls. Our passion for flavorful ingredients and authentic recipes ensures every bite is a true delight for the senses. From traditional soul food classics to innovative twists on egg rolls, we cater to diverse tastes and occasions with exceptional quality and service. Experience the essence of comfort and satisfaction with The Real GoodEatz at your next event.

The Wellness Approach LLC

Professional Services

Our mission is to empower individuals on their journey to parenthood by providing accessible, reliable, and compassionate fertility home injection solutions. Striving to redefine possibilities, we envision a world where every dream of building a family becomes a reality! At The Wellness Approach, our philosophy is centered around personalized in-home care that addresses the unique needs of each patient. We believe in taking a holistic approach to injections that considers the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of our patients throughout the process. Our team consists of the Washington DC region's finest nurses and support staff, who are committed to providing exceptional care to our patients. Giving yourself an injection can be intimating and scary. Our highly trained nurses can help. Why worry when you can have accurate in-home medication preparation and injection administration? It would be our pleasure to assist you!

Toga

Product

Each product you purchase is a unique tool to express your faith. By choosing our products, you contribute to charitable and social causes. Yadira Chavez has a degree in business administration, graduated from the Metropolitan University of Honduras and worked in the financial area and accounting. I also worked in my own business in a clothing store. My purpose is to combine my passion for spirituality and my experience and knowledge in DTF screen printing and sublimation to be able to express with each product that we offer a unique experience for our customers. Driven by a deep Christian faith that serves as the foundation of my values and beliefs, I am committed to integrating spirituality into every aspect of my profession . I believe in conducting business with integrity, honesty, striving to make a positive impact in the lives of others through our products that transmit a message of hope. I am committed to continuous learning and growth, always seeking new ways to improve and evolve both personally and professionally.

Wisdom In Minutes: Youth Success Strategies

Professional Services

In order to become independent adults, the youth needs more than just school work! Working with Wisdom In Minutes: Youth Success Strategies helps you and your children prepare a great launch into adulthood. Tonda Bean, MBA, MSOD, weaves her educational and parenting experience (public school to Ivy League) with her background in youth development and applied behavioral psychology into Education and Parenting Strategies you can use today to create a brilliant tomorrow. Email today or consult our website to arrange a consultation. Visit WisdomInMinutes.com

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Yul d'UZ

Online Retailer

Yul d’UZ (“yulduz” is “star” in Uzbek) designs women’s outerwear using a traditional, handmade Central Asian material called Ikat. Ikat is a handwoven silk and cotton fabric made by master craftsmen in Uzbekistan in Fergana Valley whose families have employed the same techniques for generations. Ikat is a dyeing technique in which traditional patterns are formed by binding individual threads or bundles of threads (ikat means “to bind” in the Indonesian language) with a tight wrapping to create a desired design. This material is made either from pure silk or from a combination of cotton and silk. The versatile ikat fabrics stay cool in the summer and maintain warmth in the winter. Yulia Semchenko launched her business in the D.C. metro area in 2018. The modern design of Yul d’UZ’s jackets and vests, combined with colors and patterns from the ancient Silk Road, provides women in D.C.’s fast-moving, international environment with the opportunity to be elegant and stylish, while sharing in unique, centuries-old traditions from Central Asia. Yul d’UZ’s clients will know that the coat they are wearing is one of a kind, and will be able to share the history of the material when these bright clothes inevitable cause friends, family, acquaintances, colleagues, and even strangers to stop and admire. The mission of the Yul d’UZ brand is to create and sell high-quality clothes made of ikat that bring joy and color into its customers everyday life. Yul d’UZ products will make people feel stylish and special while at the same time giving them a sense of the richness of Central Asia’s culture.


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