ful company of her own which is now filling orders for
an array of distributors ranging from small boutiques and
specialty stores to department stores and mass marketers
nationwide. Her merchandise has sold at major retailers
like JC Penney’s, Wal-Mart, K-mart, and Sears. She has
just had a major reorder from Mervyns, which for the first
time will now include larger (plus) sizes and a new toddler
line in addition to juniors, girls and boys.
Robbins may feel like she is still in the process of
creating her business model, (Palomita was really only
formally launched in stores in the Spring of 2007) but she
must be doing something right, because she just had an 88
percent sell through for one
week at Mervyns alone. The
company has inspired several
The University of Dallas aspires to be
fashion write ups and articles,
recognized regionally and nationally
and in June 2008 Robbins
as a premier Catholic, liberal arts
made the cover of
school and a first-choice institution
Entrepreneur magazine. She
for practice-oriented, professional
also appeared on Univision’s business education.
morning news program,
“Despierta America.” Last
March she picked up the
2007 Hispanic Business
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Entrepreneur of Northern
California award from
1845 E Northgate Dr • Irving, TX 75062
Telemundo, the national
www.udallas.edu
Latino television network.
Most recently, Robbins was honored by the San Francisco
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for her leadership
efforts in the Bay Area.
Even though she is busy growing her business,
Robbins also wants to give back to the community and
has formed non-profit organization called The Palomita
Education Fund to provide scholarships and to promote
professional and leadership development of Latinos. In June
2008, she also initiated and hosted her first charity fashion
event Piensa Más Allá to raise money for the cause.
Robbins was born and raised in Mexico City and
came to the US for her college education. She got her first
job out of college working in the legal department of Levi-
Strauss & Co. After about three years though, she got more
interested in fashion and transferred into a position licensing
Levi products for Latin America. The job allowed her to
grow and to incorporate all of her skills including speaking
Pledges equal access to
Spanish on a regular basis. After ten years at Levi-Strauss,
employment, facilities and
she took a position as Director of Licensing at the programs regardless of race,
color, creed, religion, sex, age,
disability, national origin, veteran
or martial status.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
2005 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-1165
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