“As a kid I loved to bake and growing up we always had big family parties and would pay so much money for desserts that were poor quality. So, when I mentioned to my family that I wanted to start selling the desserts I created, they were the first people to order from me and get me started,” she said.

Everything she currently does is a custom order, but she said she would love to start doing local pop-up shops during the upcoming holidays. “I would like to say my specialty is the decorated custom sugar cookies that I make; it is my favorite to do,” Saenz said.

“I am the owner, head baker, and employee of the month 12 times out of the year,” Saenz quipped. Although it’s mainly just her, when she has huge events, such as Soboba’s recent Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony at the Soboba Casino Resort Event Center on July 28, she has plenty of help to call upon.

“I can always count on my two children, Myah and Jerimyah, my parents Mike and Lynn Saenz, my Grams Rosemary, my four amazing aunties Diane, Celena, Amy, and Anita and my four siblings Alicia, Michael, Rayah and Qeweewish,” she said. “They are my biggest support system that will help with anything I need.”

Saenz said her favorite part of owning her own business is that she can control her lifestyle and her schedule. She enjoys being her own boss and building something of her own.

“My favorite part of being able to share my baking skills with everyone is seeing the look on everyone’s faces when I hand them the cakes, cookies, cupcakes or whatever it is that I created,” she said. “It makes all the stress and late nights worth it.”

Well known for her creativity, Saenz said her ideas come from many sources, including social media outlets such as Pinterest, Instagram and TikTok. When someone places an order and sends her a sample of what they would like, she switches some things around to make it her own. But she always delivers a product that customers are excited about.

The only challenge Saenz has experienced is finding the time to do it all. “Because I am basically a one-man band and I have a hard time telling customers ‘no,’ I will sometimes quadruple book in one weekend,” she said.

Dividing her time between the Soboba Indian Reservation and Temecula, the baker’s goal is to one day have her own storefront bakery. “To me, desserts will forever be in style and sugar makes everyone happy so I know I can be successful as long as I continue to work hard,” she said.

Saenz can be reached via email at vsugarrushh1@gmail.com, on Instagram @vs.sugarrush and on TikTok at VSSUGARRUSH.

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Angela spends many hours throughout the week going above and beyond what is expected making sure her customers are satisfied and feel special, and that they know their business is appreciated. When customers drop off their RV with Angela they can rest assured that her employees will do great work and that Angela will oversee everything making sure that it’s done correctly before she signs off on it.

Her business isn’t her life though, Angela is a mother to nine children varying in age. Her kids have blessed her with 13 grandchildren and she loves having them around, You may even get the chance to see a couple of them playing basketball or helping around at the shop any given day.

Angela has been a force in this valley for many years, starting her first business in 2005, a coffee shop by San Jacinto High School called Ramona Espresso which quickly became popular among high school students and was a regular “kick it” spot for many. This lead Angela to having a positive impact on a lot of different kids lives in the valley. Various people around the valley refer to her as “Mom” or “Tia” who have no blood relation to her, but she has always been there for them if they need someone to talk too.

Angela aspires to having many more businesses, being a firm believer of “multiple streams of income” and already has a few business models written up for her future companies, She loves being an entrepreneur and even though she has felt like quitting on multiple occasions, she never will, because she simply doesn’t believe it’s an option.

In ten years Angela sees herself as a business mogul who wants to help build the Hemet & San Jacinto community to be seen as something great. Angela is thankful to God for all of her success and for having her back, “He is my backbone, if it wasn’t for him there is no way I’d be in this position,” she said.

Angela is a prime example –  if you are willing to put in the work you can achieve your dreams no matter what your story is. Angela loves to listen to the famous Rocky speech to remind her that life will beat you up but it doesn’t matter how hard you can hit, what matters is how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle would like to honor Angela Saenz for her accomplishments and looks forward to the amazing achievements in her future.

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