Today we’d like to introduce you to Maricsa Trejo.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I started in the back of a Brewpub trading bread as rent money. After a long time searching, I found a kitchen to call home and quietly started growing roots through word of mouth and articles here and there. I now have La Casita Bakeshop, La Casita Coffee, and a wedding venue in Frisco!
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
We had no money at the beginning. There were times we had to work 14-hour days because we had to make our prep from scratch every day for that day. It was exhausting. We also worked 7 days a week for 3 years to accommodate our wholesale clients’ schedules. We only had Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve off. We struggled to keep up with our own business, and it felt very lonely to work overnights and never see anyone.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
We are a bakery that wholesales to most of DFW. We do mostly croissants, but we are also a weekend Bakeshop. We make crazy, creative, and delicious pastries that people around the DFW come to enjoy! I am the most proud of our pastry and bread teams. They have an amazing balance of work and play. They are crazy and creative. We allow our employees to speak up and voice opinions on the menus and the processes. We feel that listening to our employees sets us apart from most places, but as a bakery the fact that we make such vastly different pastries than our fellow DFW bakers is a big one.
What do you think about happiness?
Watching my parents, who are both immigrants, walk into my bakery and get brought coffee, pastries, and sandwiches by our employees who love them is a huge happiness booster for me. My parents struggled with money, language barriers, cultural barriers, and with their own identities living in the US. I thank them for coming here and giving me the opportunity to make this bakery and my life possible. Happiness are memories, both while they are happening and daydreaming about past ones. No amount of money or materials coming to our final resting place; all we have in the end are memories and the love we have for the life we have lived.
Contact Info:
- Website: Lacasitabakeshop.com
- Instagram: Instagram.com/lacasitabakeshop
- Facebook: Facebook.com/lacasitabakeshop
Image Credits
Eric W. Pohl
Geoff Hauschild
