SABRINA WRIGHT is a young entrepreneur with Guyanese roots in the United States; her story is one of overcoming depression and adversity to achieve her dreams of owning the Golden Sugar Bakery in Queens, New York.

Sabrina has shared her inspirational story with the hope of touching the hearts of many. She was born in New York, but was raised by her parents in Guyana and Jamaica. Her journey in the world of entrepreneurship started at an early age.

Sabrina attended the Carnegie School of Home Economics in Georgetown, Guyana, where she learned how to create custom cakes in her first cake class; she instantly fell in love with the process. Subsequently, her parents moved her to Jamaica, where she attended high school.

Later in the United States, Sabrina went to college at the Culinary Institute of America. After graduating, Sabrina’s first job was in bartending but this was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.
And then depression hit; Sabrina turned to alcohol and food, scared and unaware of where her next dollar would come from. But prayers to her God kept her afloat.

A golden opportunity came when her friend asked her to make a customised cake. Sabrina only had US$19.84 to get the ingredients for this cake, but this quickly turned into six figures over time.
This was the turning point in Sabrina’s life; she later posted the cake on Instagram and from there, it went viral, securing Sabrina a new form of income.

Golden Sugar Bakery was started in 2019 and has served more than 5,000 clients (corporate event planners, businesses, and hotels etc.).
“Basically, everybody could come to us and get a piece of Golden Sugar Bakery,” Sabrina told the Sunday Chronicle.

Golden Sugar Bakery is all about tasting your imagination. “We try to make every edible masterpiece that we make represent the person that’s being celebrated or whatever event that’s happening at the time. And one thing that we make sure that we do in every single custom cake is we not only make it look good, but we make it taste good too. And that’s also from our Caribbean background because back home, we make everything from scratch.”

Sabrina recalled that for a long time she doubted herself, thinking that she was not good enough.
The young entrepreneur is on a path that was created by her mother who relocated to America with very little.

“I feel like entrepreneurs these days, especially with social media, they’re so busy comparing themselves to other people, who really truly have a fake life on Instagram. They think, okay, I don’t have enough to start what I want to do.

“Think about the past and our ancestors. How dare you be afraid to start something that you want to do or to reach a goal when our ancestors had very little. Right now, we have immigrants coming to America. I look at them and I admire them. I just want to inspire people. It doesn’t matter where you are in life right now. Just use what you have. God gave you everything you need to become successful. I just want to share that message with everyone.”

Sabrina’s bakery can be found on Instagram- @goldensugarbakery.nyc or Facebook- Golden Sugar Bakery. Additionally persons can also check its website: https://www.goldensugarbakery.com/ .