Entrepreneur Magazine: Award-Winning Baker Kristina Lavallee On Turning Adversity Into A National Cake Business

In the article “This Baker Was Told Not to Speak Spanish With Colleagues. So She Started Her Own Cake Company That Values Employees Just as Much as Customers.” published by Entrepreneur Magazine, baking expert Kristina Lavallee (founder of The Cake Girl) shares a candid, deeply personal look at how early career challenges—such as being discouraged from speaking Spanish—became the catalyst for building a business rooted in culture, inclusivity and excellence.

The piece navigates her Puerto Rican heritage, her education at the University of Central Florida, and how she translated lessons from hospitality and entrepreneurship into scaling a national cake brand with media, franchise aspirations and custom-cake artistry at its core. This feature reinforces her role as an expert not only in baking and design, but in business formation and leadership.

🔗 Read the full article: https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/this-baker-was-told-not-to-speak-spanish-with-colleagues/360046