Zhena Muzyka

Zhena Muzyka was 25--a single mom with $6 in her savings account, no health insurance, and a sick child needing surgery--when she started Zhena's Gypsy Tea, in 2000, selling tea from a cart. The granddaughter of a Ukrainian Gypsy, Muzyka grew up blending teas.

Today, she makes and sells 30 blends, all of them organic and fair-trade certified. Muzyka plans to double her staff of 12 in the first half of 2008 and hopes her annual revenue--more than $2 million in 2007--follows suit. Muzyka has reason to be optimistic: Sales increased 50 percent this year, and her son, Sage, recently received his first clean bill of health.

For more information on Zhena, please visit www.gypsytea.com