Young entrepreneur uses ingenuity during pandemic

With the global pandemic having adverse effects on citizens, some are finding ways and means of riding the wave.

These efforts are commendable as our people, even the young, are striving to have productive lives through this pandemic.
Young Gianella Gajie has recently started her cupcake business and is delivering orders to homes of families, even as we are in the face of a deadly virus.

The 17-year-old young woman said that it has always been her desire to start the business, and this downtime came as the opportune period to afford her the time to make a start.
Gajie said that growing up, she was exposed to two different lifestyles, as she spent half of her life in Region Nine, a rural community, and the other half in Georgetown, and urban city.

“Growing up I found going on adventures amusing. Remember it’s region nine where you’ll find vast savannahs and mountains, so I really liked the adventures. Now living in town with my grandmother was totally different. I found being in the kitchen and learning new things quite awesome. Baking was the first thing I learnt to do in the kitchen and I grew fond of that… You can say I lived a double life which moulded me into the individual I am today,” she said.

Being passionate about being successful, reaching the top, achieving all her goals in life and making the people around her proud of what she can or will accomplish, are the reasons the young woman said she is driven to be an entrepreneur.

“I don’t like to be discouraged and I don’t like negative people around me. I love to motivate others to aim for the stars and be the best they can be. At the age of 12, I noticed that these are the things I’m constantly talking about and doing, to have my own business and be successful, and I was out with mom getting some stuff and I noticed that even during the pandemic people are still making an effort to have an income, they are selling from home,” she said. “Now starting a cupcake business was one of my goals but I wanted to wait until after this is over but I don’t know when that will be. So I figured why not start now. I came home and actually started working on it. I find that I’m good at baking cupcakes and I’m a lover of them.”

And now that people will be home and they wouldn’t have to leave to go out, she said her business can come to their aid through her delivery service.
Even though her love for baking and being a businesswoman is at the forefront of her current list of priorities, Gajie said her ultimate career goal is to be a general surgeon.