We are new to the Gourmet Cotton Candy game and let me tell you how it all got started. I have a daughter that recently graduated from high school, and obviously after high school many students start thinking about furthering their education. My daughter didn’t really have an option. I knew college was in her future.

Once accepted, I started to feel stress and anxiety after I really realized how much it was going to cost me. For most of her childhood I was a single mom and wasn’t really able to really save for her college education.

Instead of getting into more debt or asking her to get into debt with school loans, I decided to take a leap of faith and start this business. I am a first-gen Latina college grad that broke the cycle of education in my family. Breaking barriers wasn’t easy and knew I had to offer my daughter the same opportunity or better if I could. As a mompreneur I also wanted to teach my daughter that if you have grit, determination and let go of the fear of failure, you can succeed at anything. So basically, stress and anxiety of expensive school loans propelled me to start my business.

We are not your typical cotton candy business. Cloud 9 Cotton Candy Catering offers cotton candy with a KICK of Latin flavor. Flavors we grew up with or at least I did. Horchata with cinnamon, Hot Cheetos, my favorite Sandía with Tajín, Piña with Tajín, Tamarindo and many more. We also offer traditional flavors for those that prefer not to have the “spice” in their life. We offer branded cotton candy with your company logo or if you want to customize a package for your special event. Pretty soon, I hope to have mastered my Selena inspired Cotton Candy. It’s going to be purple with The Queen Of Tejano musics face on it. I hope more families get inspired by my story to start their own business.