Madii Bella was started with a dream and love of handbags and accessories. The business name is a combination of a granddaughters’ name, Madison and Bella meaning beautiful. Irene was born in the San Joaquin Valley and raised in sunny Southern California. I spent 25 years in the computer industry and 8 years in the corrugated box industry. Irene currently lives in Escondido, CA with her beloved and constant companion Bishon, Ricky. She is also a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

After much decision making about leaving the corporate world, I decided to follow my dream of owning my own business. My thought was “how can I do this?” I was still working 40 hours per week, but because of my “go for it” attitude and always striving to move forward, I knew this was what I wanted and needed to do. This would be an exciting, life changing endeavor. My love of handbags and accessories and the excitement I feel when helping my customers translates into great personalized service.

Starting the business has been the biggest learning curve in my life, but at the same time so very up-lifting at every “aha!” moment. I look forward everyday to serving the public, the community and giving back to the community by partnering with local schools to share our business space with student artist who want to share their artist talent at our Gallery 825 at Madii Bella unique Handbags and Accessories!