Empress Edwards-El

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169 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 May

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Living Your Legacy · From HIV Survivor to Sweet Potato Pie Empire · 7 May 2026 podcast

Everything is handmade and crafted by us specifically for the customer.

And they feel that.

They feel special.

Pretty much all of it is family and tribe.

We are, you know, really growing and trying to get staff and employees, but it's important for our staff and employees to be like family.

We want to make them feel like family.

And then we also need the integrity and the loyalty that comes with family.

So it's a lot of work.

I mean, I can train people to press buttons and even mix up some of our drinks, but that love is,

And then those key ingredients, that's what you can give somebody a recipe.

Nobody's going to make it the same way, you know?

For sure.

I've been in public health over 20 years, and I will say that with this line of work, with making treats, it's the one thing that you have to micromanage until you know for sure you can trust somebody to just lay that thing out.

You know what?

In this business now, they're my mom and I'm the kid.

They get to boss me around.

I agree how that works.

I didn't expect that to come so soon.

I thought it'd be like when I'm 70.

But no, there's been times where I need to step away and my daughters step up and just show out and slay the business to where I'm like, wow, I would not be able to do this without them.

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