Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, president & CEO of Lulu's Dessert Factory and a 1999 Avon Women of Enterprise Awards honoree, poses in a photo in 1999. Lulu's Dessert Factory manufactures and distributes a wide variety of ready-to-eat gelatin based desserts targeted primarily to the Hispanic market throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. With some 100 employees and revenues of $7.5 million, the company is expanding to a larger space next year. (AP Photo)