Entrepreneur and philanthropist are descriptions that are not often earned until much later in one’s life. However, Juliette Wang has earned the title at the ripe age of 12 years old. The Parks Junior High 7th grader established her own online baking business, which is found on Instagram under the name @jhwsweets88. Full of spirit and excitement, Wang is bound for success, having been featured by a large food platform and receiving several orders since the beginning of her business in mid-December of last year.

Wang was inspired to start baking and cooking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both of her parents were frontline medical workers during the pandemic, leading to many hours at home alone. Wang had to learn how to be self-sufficient, learning cooking and baking recipes from the entertainment platform YouTube. In her learning, she began to fall in love with baking a variety of baked goods. Eventually, her love for baking evolved into an ambition to create a platform for her baking, which eventually morphed into a small business.

While the business itself is impressive on its own, Wang is also a full-time student at Parks Junior High. When she started getting orders, Wang said she was staying up past midnight to get the orders done before the next day. Fortunately, Wang has gotten used to her school schedule and how and when she can make and deliver her orders. Wang realized that her classes follow a pattern in terms of the quiz and test schedules as well as the amount of work they assign each night, allowing her to manage her time in correlation. Wang is not only exceptional in her baking skill but also in her organizational prowess at only 12 years old.

Wang’s business is on a made-to-order basis, meaning that she does not have one designated baked good that she creates. While her specialties are Taiwanese castella sponge cakes and rose macarons, she creates a variety of items based on customer requests. In the early weeks of her business, her main demographic of customers was family and close family friends. However, as her community started to spread the word about her business, she started to gain many more orders. Her most notable order thus far has been by a family friend to bake cookies for the staff at Sunnycrest Senior Living in Fullerton on Feb. 9. Wang was mostly intrigued and motivated by the order because people “wouldn’t usually bake cookies for the staff members,” Wang said.

Full of potential, Wang hopes to expand her work into adulthood. On top of baking, children’s health is another passion of hers. She hopes to create a platform of healthy recipes to get young people into the habit of healthy eating. Wang’s age and schoolwork do not stop her from pursuing her ambitions. Her journey proves that no matter the situation, everyone is capable of success.

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