Mirtha Donastorg
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Mirtha Donastorg is a reporter on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s business team focusing on Black wealth, entrepreneurship, and minority-owned businesses as well as innovation at Atlanta’s HBCUs. Most recently she was the HBCU Innovation Editor at The Plug, exploring research, business and tech innovations coming from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Slutty Vegan owner Pinky Cole (center) talks with Arian Simone, founding partner and CEO of the Fearless Fund, at the Marie Claire Power Play summit at the St. Regis in Buckhead. Cole's home was returned to her after being seized in a bankruptcy case. (Ben Gray for the AJC 2025)

Pinky Cole’s Loganville house returned to her after creditor seized it

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