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As a child she finished her homework in the warehouse while her parents wrapped up work. Today, Bettina Mercado is growing her family’s long-standing beauty bus. Bettina Cosmetics is a family business—what do you remember most about it from when you were young?  
At a younger age, I remember going to the warehouse every afternoon after school until my parents finished work and we went home. I would do my homework there and was happy to do so because I would then be “free” when I finally made it home.