The owner of Fair Trade Cafe and founder and CEO of ELLA empowers others by aligning intuition with structure, and mission with mentorship, always putting people first.

When the pandemic silenced her café overnight, Stephanie Vasquez faced the question every founder dreads: Is this the end? With grit and grace, she chose to renovate, not retreat, and wrote a fresh chapter for Fair Trade Cafe.

Megan Thee Stallion, Foxy Brown, and Latto aren’t just on her playlist; they’re part of Stephanie Vasquez’s playbook. Their lyrics echo the self-assured energy that the owner of Fair Trade Cafe and the founder and CEO of ELLA brings to entrepreneurship and advocacy.

Stephanie Vasquez leads with self-awareness and a mission. She checks every decision against three criteria: does it serve others, honor the earth, and support sustainability?