Baker With Down Syndrome Rejected From Job So She Opens Her Own Shop Instead

A woman with Down syndrome is inspiring holiday cookie bakers everywhere.'Never give up. Don't let people make you sad or feel rejected. Stay motivated and follow your dreams.'

Collette Divitto has always been an avid baker.

Ever since she was 15 years old, Collette Divitto has been baking up a storm in her family's kitchen.

She truly had a passion for baking, and she knew that it was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.

Collette Divitto realized she wanted to make a career out of her passion for baking, so she started applying for jobs in Boston.

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Collette Divitto, 26, was rejected by bakeries who told her she had great skills, but was not "a good fit," according to her website.

People who would interview her knew that she was nice but said that she didn’t fit their needs. She felt rejected over the situation.

But she didn’t give up and continued following her dream.

With the help of her mother and her sister, she started her own cookie company, Collettey's.

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Soon after their company was started, they received a recurring order from Boston’s Golden Goose Market!

This followed with coverage from CBS and by December of 2016, she had 10,000 orders to fulfill!

Divitto received orders for more than 50,000 cookie deliveries for the 2016 holidays

Over 65,000 letters from people all over the world after being interviewed going viral.

The lovely young girl said, "My cookies are like ridiculously yummy cookies," and she also said she adds "100 percent love" as an ingredient.

Divitto says about her successful business.

"My biggest success so far is how big my company is growing, which means I can start hiring people with and without disabilities."

According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report, 10.7% of people with a disability who are actively looking for work were unemployed in 2015.

That's twice the unemployment rate of people without a disability.

Divitto has begun to increase production and build her professional team at The Commonwealth Kitchen in Boston

A GoFundMe account set up to fund her first private warehouse kitchen to increase production. Within a month, over $14,000 had been raised of the $125,000 goal.