Julie has built several multimillion-dollar businesses, including a superfoods company with the music mogul, Russell Simmons. After becoming the managing partner of West Village General Contracting, she grew the company by 50% to become the #1 luxury high-end contractor in NYC.

During this time, Julie noticed that minority women primarily served the cleaning profession but let down by the system — low pay, little respect, and no security.

Being the child of Indian immigrants, Julie felt a calling to give back. She recognized that manual labor is honest hard work that should be rewarded with a living wage, personal growth, and job security.

As a former actor and member of SAG and ACTRA (the US and Canadian actors unions), Julie also has in-depth knowledge of film production needs.

SparkeNYC’s mission is to provide a 5* experience through exceptional cleaning and disinfection services while paying our team a living wage. Think of it as cleaning done differently.