Bacolod Student Earn Admiration for Selling ‘Special Ensaimada’ to Help Family
A Bacolod student earns admiration from netizens for selling special ensaima to help her family and earn money for her school allowance.
Ensaimada is a popular Filipino pastry that originated from Spain. It is a soft and fluffy bread topped with butter, sugar, and grated cheese. Sometimes, it is also filled with various sweet fillings like ube (purple yam) or custard.
Ensaimada is often enjoyed as a snack or dessert, especially with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee. It has become a staple in Filipino bakeries and is loved by many for its sweet and comforting flavor.
Camille Kezia Quiachon sets an example by balancing her studies with selling ‘special ensaimada’ to help her family. The working student goes viral and garnered praises from the online community.
Kezia, a 21-year-old from Vista Alegre, Bacolod City, is a third-year college student at STI West Negros University, majoring in Bachelor of Secondary Education with a focus on English.
The student wants to help her parents without having to ask for allowance anymore. She takes the initiative to ease her parents’ financial burden, especially when it comes to paying her tuition fees each month.
Her mother is a housewife who occasionally sells street food, while her father works as a private employee in Silay City. Kezia is the breadwinner of her family, so she wants to contribute in any way possible to support her family, especially with younger siblings to care for.
Kezia purchases the ‘special ensaimada’ from a local bakery and resells them for P150 each, earning P50 profit for every clear container sold. She encourages fellow youth, especially students, to seek entrepreneurial opportunities, even with a small capital, to help both their families and themselves.
Interest individuals in Bacolod City can contact Kezia through her Facebook account ‘Camille Kezia C. Quiachon.’ The ‘special ensaimada’ she sells comes from Roselyn’s Ensaymada Espesyal bakery in the City.
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