All kids want is to make their own money, but not everyone can get a job. That’s why CHS students have taken their own talents to make a profit. Avril Guerrero, Marely Vazquez, and Aurora Bailey are three out of the many CHS students who are entrepreneurs.
CHS Senior Avril Guerrero sells mini cheesecakes and tres leches cakes in different flavors. She takes orders through instagram direct messages or in person. She delivers the orders or customers can pick them up (at the location given).
Avril started her business in the fall of 2024. Avril said, “I have been baking since I was young, and often practiced baking cakes through Youtube and TikTok videos with the help of my older sister until I was old enough to bake by myself.”
Avril charges $5 per cheesecakes and $4 for tres leche cakes. She has never had her customers pre-pay for orders, but, in the future, when she gets bigger orders, she will. She also recommends for orders to be made 5-7 days in advance.
Avril had always dreamed about owning her own bakery, and would like to study entrepreneurship in college. She said, “I think it would be something that I would continue to pursue later in the future. I love to bake and I think owning a bakery would definitely be something I would want to do.”
Avril advertises through social media, mostly on Instagram, and she says her targeted market are students and adults in Cashmere, or anyone with a sweet tooth.
She doesn’t make enough to cover her cost because she makes small amounts of orders and can’t order the ingredients in bulk, which makes the cost of production high for her. She makes just enough to make a small profit from her orders.
Another entrepreneur student is CHS Senior Marely Vazquez. Marley makes roses out of ribbons, which she later makes into bouquets to sell. These roses are called “eternal roses”, because they last forever and they don’t wither.
She started her business around December of 2023. Marely said, “I mainly learned how to make these roses from TikTok, just tutorials from other people.”
She charges $1.50 per rose, so you multiply that by however many roses people ask for. She says, “In my [Instagram] bio I do say that I need a deposit, but I don’t enforce it just because the people who contact me for roses I trust and I know they will pay me.” She recommends orders to be made 2 or 3 weeks in advance just because they take a long time to make, but if it’s a small order she doesn’t mind doing them in a week.
Marely doesn’t plan on doing this as a fulltime job, but as a type of small business of her own. She advertises on Instagram under the name “mva.flores” and her customers are usually her friends and people from school. She doesn’t make enough to cover her cost but that’s why she has another job.
CHS Sophomore Aurora Bailey also does ribbon flowers. She said, “I started my business in March of 2025. I learned from TikTok and my friend Claire Piestrup, who told me to start my business.”
The price for the bouquet is based on how many flowers are ordered. Her customers have to send a 50% deposit. She says, “It depends on how big the bouquet is; if it’s a big bouquet like more than 20 flowers you [need] to order it 2 weeks in advance.”
Aurora plans on doing this as a job. She advertises her product on TikTok and Instagram, and people usually message her when they’re interested in buying a bouquet. She makes enough to cover her costs.
If you have a talent for making interesting, beautiful, or delicious things, then you should consider making a small business. You never know where it will take you.