| Immigrant entrepreneur: | Amanda Ley |
| Company: | Olla Express Cafe |
| Place of birth: | Mexico |
| Employees: | 1 |
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Andrea worked as an IT professional in Mexico and got an opportunity to work in the States for 1 year, so she took it! She was planning on coming back to Mexico but 8 years later found herself still in the US working at the same IT company.
At 37 years old she found herself homesick, and missing her family. She also wanted a slice of her hometown by drinking some really good Mexican authentic coffee. But, there was none to find. So, in San Antonio, Texas she went searching for ways to launch her Mexican coffee business.
Her creativity took her places on wheels, literally. Her coffee shop is mobile, and she drives around in a really nice and retro Volkswagen delivering the best Mexican coffee.
Olla Express Cafe is completely mobile and Andrea is extremely passionate about her coffee. The cool thing is, she has never opened up a business and her background was in IT, not business.
Andrea is completely self taught and she brings her grandmother’s coffee recipes into her Volkswagen to deliver the best quality and fresh Mexican coffee.
Quotes by Andrea
I just felt like I was running in circles, like an infinite loop of not being happy.
I finally got what I needed: courage to quit.
Some failures are to remove some of the obstacles out of the way.
You can fail in order to succeed.
If you’re failing you have this ambition to just prove yourself that you can do it.
You have to take the opportunities that you feel are good for you because if you don’t take those, those are going to pass and go away.
The people who were born here have a lot of opportunities to succeed than what we have in my country, in Mexico.
Follow your dreams.
You have to do what makes you happy.
When you’re happy, you don’t feel like you’re working.
Where to find Andrea
Olla Express Cafe | Instagram | Facebook
