Laura Baldini on trusting yourself

In 2012, the Forman alum cofounded Mother Juice, Boston’s first food truck selling cold-pressed juice. In just a decade, the company has expanded to six plant-based cafes across Boston, including a high-visibility location at Logan Airport. Laura is also the founder of The Flie, a “stadium-approved” handbag brand. “Mother Juice is women-run, organic, gluten-free, and super cute,” she explains. “Some of my proudest moments have been seeing us in the news—or during the pandemic, when we distributed healthy snacks and juices to frontline workers.”

Laura’s confidence in her abilities as a young entrepreneur was fine-tuned at Forman. “I feel lucky I was able to go to a school that knew exactly how to teach me,” she says. “I learn differently and am more creative than most, and that all shapes how a person should be taught. At Forman, I learned a lot about action and reactions, how I don’t always move from A to B in a straight line, and to never give up.”