Food

When Sophie Snyder was ten years old, her Christmas list did not include a new phone, a bike, or the latest sneakers. She asked for a KitchenAid stand mixer. “I still cannot believe my mom got it for me,” she laughs now at the investment piece. That mixer wasn’t just a cute kid phase—it was the first real tool in what has become a growing baking business, a campus incubator venture, and the beginning of a career that blends creativity, grit, and serious entrepreneurial chops.