Sandra Raffaelli

Sandra Raffaelli, Social Entrepreneur and love bandit, found her purpose and passion in creating opportunities to help individuals with disabilities reach their potential, after working for years in special education classrooms in the Chicago Public School District. She then founded aZul in Bogota-Colombia in 2014, serving 60 individuals that same year under a grant provided by the government, advocating for the artistic rights of adults with disabilities. After seeing the positive impact such a program could make, she established aZul - Fashion, Art and Design in the U.S in West Palm Beach Florida in 2015.

With over 10 years of experience serving the population with disabilities, Sandra worked for the disabilities service department at CareerSource Palm Beach County in 2016 as an agent of empowerment for those differently able individuals looking for employment and for business and corporations to understand the value a person with unique abilities can bring to the table.

In 2018, Sandra, single mother, life coach, behavior technician and art therapist practitioner took a leap of faith and decided to dedicate herself full time to operating aZul - Fashion, Art and Design as a CEO in WPB. In 2019 she was elected as the Coors Light Hispanic leader in the United States among nonprofit CEOs from 12 different states which granted her $25,000 to utilize for aZul operations.

Born and raised in Colombia, Sandra Studied finance from 2000 to 2004 before finding her true passion. She has now made Florida her home base, loving riding her bike to the beach, hunting for treasures at thrift stores, visiting the library every time she can, and creating her chosen family of genuine people to share some laughs and dancing parties.