Founder of The Spice Suite
Angel Gregorio: Biography at a Glance
- Angel Gregorio is the founder of The Spice Suite, a nationally recognized, community-centered spice boutique in Washington, DC, where she merges culinary creativity with entrepreneurship and offers free pop-up space to hundreds of Black-owned small businesses.
- She is an innovator and “food is fashion” visionary whose unique approach to flavor and culture has earned features on The Drew Barrymore Show, Essence, BET, Travel & Leisure, Bon Appétit, and VICE News.
- As the creator of Black + Forth, Washington, DC’s first Black-owned strip mall, Angel is expanding access to affordable retail spaces and business education for local entrepreneurs of color.
- Drawing on her earlier career as a teacher, counselor, and vice principal, Angel brings a lifelong commitment to youth advocacy and community empowerment to everything she builds.
- She is also the co-founder of DC Natives Day, an officially recognized city holiday that celebrates the legacy, resilience, and cultural contributions of Washington, DC’s native residents.
Biography
Angel Gregorio is one of the District of Columbia’s most recognized Next-Gen, black female entrepreneurs and influencers of our time. Community Servant. Innovator. Philanthropist. Disruptor.
Angel is the founder and owner of The Spice Suite, a growing community-centric spice boutique, located in the city’s Takoma Park community. The Spice Suite is aimed at not only providing its patrons with unique, interactive culinary experiences, but was also established with a mission to support and empower other local grass-root business owners to maximize their own potential and success. As a way to pay it forward and support fellow dreamers, Angel offers space at The Spice Suite for pop-up shops, free of charge.
Since embarking on her self-proclaimed “food is fashion” journey, Angel and her business have been featured on a variety of local and national media platforms, such as The Drew Barrymore Show, Essence Magazine, BET, Travel & Leisure, Bon Appetit and VICE News. Born in DC, Angel attended DC public schools. She graduated from Benjamin Banneker Academic High School and earned both Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Psychology and Counseling Psychology, respectively, from Howard University.
Angel has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to improving the lives of the city’s most at-risk and vulnerable youth and families. Prior to launching her entrepreneurial career, Angel worked in educational leadership and youth advocacy roles as a teacher at the Oak Hill Youth Academy, and as a counselor, and later Vice Principal, at a DC Charter School. She is co-founder of DC Natives Day, an official holiday recognized by Mayor Muriel Bowser to recognize and highlight the presence and contributions of DC Natives to the culture and fabric of Washington, DC., and now owns Black + Forth, the city’s first Black-owned strip mall offering community education and affordable commercial space for Black business owners.
Topics
The ROI of Resourcefulness: Using What You Have to Build What We Need
In this dynamic, insight-driven talk, Angel Gregorio invites business leaders to rethink what it means to invest in community. Drawing on her journey from school principal to the founder of The Spice Suite and creator of Black + Forth — Washington, DC’s first Black-owned strip mall — Angel demonstrates how purpose and profit can coexist when companies start with what they already have: space, expertise, and influence.
Through real-world examples of how she transformed unused square footage into opportunity for hundreds of small business owners, Angel shows that community impact doesn’t always require new capital; it requires a new perspective. Businesses will learn how to apply a community-centered approach to their own operations, discovering creative ways to turn underused assets into shared value that strengthens both local economies and brand trust.
Whether you manage a small enterprise or a major corporation, this talk challenges you to see your business as a platform for belonging, proving that when companies help their communities grow, everyone wins.
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