San Diego Mompreneurs

Nancy Flint

Sugar Mamma Caramels @SugarMammaDesserts

Sugar Mamma made a stir at the 2012 San Diego County Fair when Talmadge mom Nancy Flint won “Best Sweet Treat” for her buttery-soft Sea Salt Caramels. Since then, she’s expanded her offerings to include 17 seasonal caramel flavors, handcrafted marshmallows, caramallows and s’mores. Sugar Mamma Caramels was named “Favorite Dessert” in the 2018 Union-Tribune Readers Poll and won a Small Business Excellence Award in the newspaper’s dessert category.

Claudia Sandoval @chefclaudiascocina

Chef, Cookbook Author, TV Host, Food Educator

MasterChef winner Claudia Sandoval doesn’t mind that her job is hard to describe. “The truth is, I love that my work is so diversified. It keeps things challenging and fresh,” she says. In 2018, Sandoval helped launch Telemundo’s MasterChef Latino. She is a judge on the show, which earned high ratings in its first season and has been renewed for a second. When she’s not on set, her full plate includes a Global Ambassadorship for Tajin International, and a recurring invitation to host cooking demos at Disney’s annual Food and Wine Festival.

Aida Yodites @delicateseams

Delicate Seams

Aida Yodites of Temecula became an intimates designer out of sheer necessity. The marketing professional and single mother of two couldn’t find age-appropriate underwear for her tween daughter. Children’s styles were too juvenile, and women’s styles too mature. So, she created a solution. Delicate Seams offers modestly cut tanks, panties and bras in neutral colors. Customers love the brand’s quality fabrics and comfortable styling. “Delicate Seams promotes positive messages for young girls — that modesty matters, that a growing and changing body is normal and to embrace that we all come in different shapes, sizes and skin tones,” says Yodites.