Alejandro Buxton News Today

The Drew Barrymore Show featured a 13-year-old business owner and entrepreneur during a Nov. 1 segment. Alejandro Buxton, the CEO and founder of Smell of Love Candles, was invited for Black Entrepreneurs Day. The event was introduced in 2020 by FUBU founder Daymond John to promote Black-owned businesses.

Drew Barrymore cried for the second time this week on 'The Drew Barrymore Show.'

It's typical for seventh grade boys to like fictional superheroes that inspire them to dream big and rise to challenges. What’s not typical is to have achieved big dreams by age 12! Kid-entrepreneur Alejandro Buxton is doing just that!

VOA Connect Episode 265 - The birth and execution of creative ideas.

With the help of his mother, an 11-year old learns how to make candles using natural and organic ingredients, becoming the CEO of his own company, The Smell of Love Candles. Producer: Faiza Elmasry, Camera | Editor: June Soh

After opening a kiosk at Tysons Corner Center, 12-year-old Alejandro Buxton, founder of Smell of Love Candles, has this advice for other rising entrepreneurs.

Ask just about any 12-year-old what their favorite time of the day is and you’ll get a resounding answer: lunch!

VOA Connect Episode 244 - We meet people building on their relationships with the land.

Alejandro Buxton, 12, is getting ready to light up the Tysons Corner Center mall in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Sept. 1.