{"id":2091,"date":"2014-09-14T23:20:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T03:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2014-10-29T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T18:53:48","slug":"leadership-graduate-luciana-contuzzi-starts-own-business-zest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2014\/09\/leadership-graduate-luciana-contuzzi-starts-own-business-zest\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Graduate Luciana Contuzzi Starts Own Business – Zest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luciana Contuzzi proudly posing for Zest!<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently graduated in December 2013, Luciana Contuzzi is a woman with a lot of heart and ambition! Once a dynamic team member of the Leadership Development Honors Program (LDHP), she has now started a new venture that has turned her dreams into a reality – creating her own business. Formally known as\u00a0Zest<\/strong>, her company is focused on providing food that is healthy, fresh, and 100% organic to ensure a better quality of life free of disease and full of energy! Many of her menu items are also gluten-free, vegan and nut-free for shameless snacking.<\/p>\n

As a member of LDHP, Luciana won the 2011 Pirates Pitch Venture Capital Competition, First Fidelity Work-Study Award for Entrepreneurial Studies, the Buccino Scholarship freshman year and many additional scholarships. She attributes her success to how the Leadership Program truly brought out the leader in her early on. This in turn allowed her to realize that quitting her regular 9-5 job to follow her passions for business, fitness and nutrition was the right decision.<\/p>\n

At this stage of her business, Zest products can be ordered online for personal nutritious indulgences, business meetings, local get-togethers, home gatherings, parties or even at gyms! Luciana will also be representing her company at\u00a04 upcoming local NJ events:<\/p>\n

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Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat<\/span>, <\/span>49th Annual Country Fair<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 20, 2014, 10:00am-4:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyckoff, NJ Municipal Field<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0[AND]<\/em><\/p>\n

Diesel Thruster<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 20, 2014, protein bars available for purchase all day<\/span><\/p>\n

Exit 153 Crossfit, 5 Industrial Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0[AND]<\/em><\/p>\n

Rotary\/Kiwanis Caldwell Street Fair<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, October 5, 2014, 12:00pm-5:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Caldwell, NJ along Bloomfield Avenue<\/span><\/p>\n

[AND]<\/em><\/p>\n

Cycle Barre Express Ride Class Sponsored by Athleta<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:00am class, 11:45am<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Smoothie station 453 Main Street, Floor 2 Little Falls, NJ 07424 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Class signup here: https:\/\/clients.mindbodyonline.com\/classic\/home?studioid=177416<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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To learn more about Luciana and Zest<\/strong>, visit her website at http:\/\/www.zesteats.com or via email info@zesteats.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

Congratulations, Luciana! We are extremely proud of you. We wish you all the best of luck in your new venture!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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