Latino entrepreneurs take their big ideas to HSN

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A bra hanging system, a piñata hoisting device and a six-tortilla toaster.

These are among the 23 products that might end up on an HSN program designed to highlight Latino entrepreneurs.
Five will be selected to launch their products on "Project American Dreams," scheduled to air in March.

Lili Gil Valletta, a 39-year-old New York marketing executive, pitched the competition to discover and help Latino entrepreneurs. She is a Latina entrepreneur herself: She runs a multimillion-dollar multicultural consulting and research company called XL Alliance.

Valletta said the toaster was designed by a Texas engineer who got the idea watching his mother warm tortillas, one at a time on a skillet, over Christmas. READ MORE AT CNN MONEY

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