“The bakery has changed my life so much for the good,” Joanna Walesiewicz, owner of Lucky Banana Bakery, tells PEOPLE
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- Baking started as a way for Joanna Walesiewicz to unwind from her social media marketing job, but it’s turned into so much more
- After neighbors began buying her baked goods that she previously gave away for free, she decided to turn the hobby into a side hustle
- As demand grew, she eventually quit her marketing job to run her micro bakery, Lucky Banana Bakery, full-time
For Joanna Walesiewicz, baking started as an escape from her day job.
After spending her days working in social media marketing, the 26-year-old would head to the kitchen in San Diego and try out new recipes to relax. She gave away the fruits of her labor for free at first. Then her neighbors started asking if they could buy what she was making.
Her first sales were technically tips from those neighbors. She made her first official sale when a neighbor walking past her stand at a farmers market sent her money through Venmo for a loaf of banana bread…