| Immigrant entrepreneur: | Odette D’Aniello |
| Company: | Celebrity Cake Studio |
| Place of birth: | Philippines |
| Employees: | 26 |
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Originally from the Philippines, Odette came to a small island, Guam with her family at a very young age. Her parents came to work on a bakery shop, that was owned by Odette’s uncle and aunt. Little did she know that she was going to be working at the bakery shop without pay as a little girl.
She didn’t see the sun, she didn’t have a normal childhood and they didn’t celebrate holidays. Odette had to grow up really fast as a child, all because she was handling heavy machinery at the bakery, and doing adult work as a child.
Odette escaped Guam, to go to the States for college and studied Political Studies and East Asian Studies. After college, she wanted to become a lawyer! But with her experience and love for baking she launched Celebrity Cake Studio close to 23 years ago!
Odette is truly passionate with her cake decorative skills and her artistic side transpires beautiful cakes. She’s truly a success and her journey is inspirational!
Quotes by Odette
What I didn’t know when we moved to Guam was that we were going to be working a lot as children.
We didn’t have any Christmases, we didn’t have birthdays, sometimes we didn’t even have dinner.
I read a lot, I spent a lot of time at the library.
Everything was a discovery.
You learn it because you have to.
I talk to a lot of people.
I attend a lot of seminars, and webinars.
Even if you don’t know, you just move one step forward and you end up finding out what’s the next move.
You don’t have to have a major plan you just need to take the next step.
The American dream: to live in a beautiful country where you can manifest your dreams and where the color of your skin doesn’t matter.
The American dream is to be able to live a life where you can make a choice to be creative today, to be kind today.
Be clear of what you want your life to be, and how you want to live first, and the impact that you want to have on the people around you and the people you love and then go for it.
Business takes a lot out of one person, especially for mothers who need to take care of their children.
Be brave.
Where to find Odette
Celebrity Cake Studio | LinkedIn | Instagram
Links mentioned
(Amazon affilitate links included)
