From HIV Survivor to Sweet Potato Pie Empire
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A real Empress doesn't just inherit greatness. A real Empress creates greatness. Empress Edwards is a resilient, compassionate, and mission-driven public health leader, entrepreneur, and social impact advocate. Through her work, she empowers communities affected by trauma, illness, and inequality, transforming personal adversity into healing, hope, and a legacy of purposeful leadership. It began by me just trying to be the best mom that I could be.
What challenges did Empress Edwards-El face growing up?
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. They really make it possible and they take pride in it. It has just matured us all and brought us a lot closer together.
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Welcome to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast, the Women in Power edition. For Inside Success, I'm Ray Gutierrez. Joining me today is the empress, the empress of all treats, yummy treats. Empress, how does it feel?
It feels like a blessing.
I know there's two other E's to that, empress.
How did Empress turn personal adversity into a thriving business?
Edwards, L. But we could go with empress, the empress.
The triple E, empress.
Yes.
Thou, I'm not sure what to do here. Do folks usually bow here? Uh, sometimes they, you know, it was like a moment. So you were the Empress of all said treats, yummy treats. Yummy treats. How does one become Empress of yummy treats?
Well, I mean, first I was the Empress. No.
First, you got to start being with just the Empress.
And then. And then you have to share your yummy treats with the world. Right on. Yes. So, you know, it's just something the treats came about with really building a legacy and making sure that our cultural values are being shared in my family. And so that started with myself and my daughters. And then you use what you got to get what you need. You know what I mean?
What role do family and culture play in Yummy Treats?
And now we have yummy treats.
So I'm imagining you and your daughters in the kitchen. There's flour and baking treats everywhere. How chaotic is it every single day? Or has that been, is that your early beginnings? Or what's the chaos like today?
No, you got it. It's every single day. Awesome. Yeah.
So this is technically your vacation?
It is. It really is. Every day, you know, we're dealing with flour, sugar, butter, potatoes, peaches, strawberries. Sometimes even ground beef because we make yummy tacos and nachos. Right on. But the big picture is we're really taking a bunch of individual things that can be pointless and turning them into something so... substantial and meaningful to people and bringing joy into their lives. Like I said, sharing our culture with others. People come in just trying to figure out, what is it that you have? And when they leave, they're like, yes, we need you to stay around. I'm telling everyone I know this was amazing. And they just look different. They're not the same.
Do you have a brick and mortar? Is there a place I can go to and buy said treats? Yes. So I'm assuming the front of the shop is nice and cozy while the back is massive and large because you've got all this stuff that can go bad. Can you let folks know how difficult it is to run a bakery?
It is quite challenging, especially when you, you know, are not a millionaire already and you just don't have this huge factory that's ready to produce everything. My daughters, they have become the crust masters.
How does Empress incorporate public health advocacy into her work?
Wow. I taught them how to make the crust, but now I have them teach other people how to put it into our pans properly because we don't send people with a pan. We make personalized treats. And so we literally spend a lot of time putting the crust in just to take it back out. of the pan, but it's a lot of work. It really is because after you're on your feet for hours and using your hands baking and molding and mixing, you still need to have the energy and the mindset to really embrace people and share love with them.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:28
2
What challenges did Empress Edwards-El face growing up?
0:28–1:42
3
How did Empress turn personal adversity into a thriving business?
1:42–2:39
4
What role do family and culture play in Yummy Treats?
2:39–4:27
5
How does Empress incorporate public health advocacy into her work?
4:27–9:14
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What makes Yummy Treats unique compared to other bakeries?
9:14–11:56
7
How does Empress balance motherhood and entrepreneurship?
11:56–14:21
Speakers
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