Lozafina Celebrates Vendors & Calls for the Community to Attend and Support

By: Xitlally Velasco 

Last Saturday, more than 20 Black-owned small businesses gathered for the “Building Her Queendom” vendor and networking event at Bellevue University. 

Community members could purchase from an array of products, from tasty pastries, skincare items, jewelry, apparel, candles, and more. Check out the photos from the gallery below.

The event was intended to give women-owned small businesses an opportunity to increase their visibility, connect with their customers, generate more revenue, and network with others. 

Vendors were also able to hear marketing advice from event sponsors Josefina Loza, CEO of Lozafina Marketing and Public Relations and Marco Leroc, founder of Marco LeRoc & Co., an organization that inspires people to grow personally and financially. 

We at Lozafina are excited to have seen so many of our small businesses in Black and Brown communities participate in the vendor fair hosted by Desiree Nguessan. We would love to see more of our community members show support by attending such events.

“It’s inspiring to see the talent of small businesses come through; however, if we don’t have the traffic, it’s disheartening,” said our CEO, Josefina Loza. “I’d like to put a call out to all of those who are reading that we need to start showing support by attending, purchasing, sharing, and linking from all of those aspiring entrepreneurs.” 

We would like to thank everyone who showed up and look forward to seeing how this event continues to flourish in the future. 

Xitlally Velasco is a University of Nebraska at Omaha journalism student with a concentration in public relations and advertising and a minor in Psychology. Velasco is the Digital Content Curator at Lozafina Marketing and Public Relations. Send your tips and story ideas to office@lozafina.com