February 11, 2009 at 5:00 am by Amy DuFault
Oh, Helena!
Handbag designer Helen Hoppock of Helena de Natalio was so inspired by her time in the Peace Corps in Natalio, Paraguay that she named her company after it.
While living in Natalio, Helen befriended the town seamstress and would work into the night experimenting with textiles, putting notches on her lipstick case towards being the great designer and one might even say humanitarian she is today.
With 5% from all her sales going towards Ashoka, a non-profit organization dedicated to social entrepreneurship, Helen also works as a …
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