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The Heart Attack That Changed Everything
Michelle Mazzara’s journey as an entrepreneur began at 7 years old, making barrettes for hair, with her mom driving her to stores to sell them. A health-conscious Minnesotan with two decades of CPG experience, she did not expect a misdiagnosed heart attack to upend her life. “I was told it was stress, but my intuition said otherwise,” she recalls, pointing to the gap between patient experience and medical response. The ordeal that followed fear, confusion, and delayed care would ultimately give rise to Luvafoodie, her clean-label food brand^1. Mazzara’s story is a stark reminder: individual adversity can serve as the catalyst for sweeping industry change, especially in a landscape where preventable illness and dietary concerns dominate the headlines.
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