SAN ANTONIO — Like many Latinos, Sandra Velasquez, grew up with nopales.
“I’m from San Diego, California, originally, my parents are Mexican,” Founder of Nopalera, Sandra Velasquez said. “Here in San Antonio, there’s nopales everywhere. You know, we eat it so we know it as a food source, but it’s also incredible to cleanse your skin and hair.”
This sparked an idea in 2019 to build a beauty brand around the nopal…