BOISE, Idaho — Cyndy Eldredge Radovich, founder of Sweet Zola's Candy Shop, is the May recipient of the Shine a Light award. Radovich is a behavioral therapist with nearly 20 years of experience who, in 2019, opened Sweet Zola's in Boise as a way to employ individuals with developmental disabilities.
"I had been working with a young man — I saw him doing his first job, and he was fired after a couple of weeks," Radovich explained. "I wanted to open a place where people could get to know my employees and get to know people with disabilities and understand that they are very much employable."
Radovich says that most of the people who have worked at Sweet Zola's have since gone out into the community and been hired elsewhere.
"I like seeing my employees coming in every day, working hard, and being happy to be here," Radovich said. "My favorite part of the shop is my employees."
