A College student starting her own business: Interview Desiree Carballo
Desiree Carballo a college student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Carballo majoring in business shares her inspirational story during the COVID-19 pandemic. With an unbelievable work ethic she explained her experience starting up her own business through Instagram. Within this interview Carballo will tell her story from start to finish. She goes over her struggles, motivation and more. Desiree is a talented university student who thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can follow her on Instagram @resin.des.art.
Chantaye: “Good afternoon I am here with the lovely Desiree.”
Desiree: “Thank you for having me. You are beautiful yourself.”
Chantaye: “ Awww shucks!May I ask your Pronouns?”
Desiree: “Yes She/ Her.”
Chantaye: “Can you please spell out your first and last name?”
Desiree: “Yes Desiree Carballo. My first name D-E-S-I-R-E-E. My last name Carballo C-A-R-B-A-L-L-O.”
Chantaye: “What inspired you to make resin art?”
Desiree: “I’ve always seen people make it. I was always intrigued on how they could make anything look beautiful. Something about the beauty of it interests me.”
Chantaye: “With resin art what made you want to sell it/ How did you come to get the idea to sell resin art?”
Desiree: “I first wanted to see if I could make something beautiful. I honestly didn’t think it was worth selling. I didn’t think people would actually buy my stuff. Until I made some art work for someone dear to me. His family enjoyed it so much. Then they wanted to buy some from me. They gave it to people.”
Chantaye: “Do you have any advice for youth? Who have a dream?”
Desiree: “It’s not easy as everyone makes it seem sometimes. You can see online how other people can say I made this much money from doing my small business. They get the idea that it’s easy to make up their own business and people will buy from you.”
Chantaye: “What work did you have to put in to make your business flow.”
Desiree: “The work I had to put in was finding out how to ship. Some packages I’m unsure if I should use a box or envelope and different sizes to accommodate for the product. Then how am I going to create the design for the package and am I going to use wrapping paper and bubble wrap. Should I put in thank you cards if someone buys for me should I add candy to show my appreciation? The small little details that separate the big corporation from a small business.”
Chantaye: “You got your start from instagram, would you branch out?.”
Desiree: “I most definitely want to branch out. I want to own my own Etsy shop one day.”
Chantaye: “How do you balance school life and work life?”
Desiree: “Well, honestly that’s a pretty good question. I look at my schedule from the beginning of the week. Depending on how much school work I have I balance it out. Sometimes my pieces take me 30 min to an hour or even 2 hours and then I have to let it set for a whole 24 hour day. After that I set them and focus on my school work.”
Chantaye: “What is your process for making resin art.”
Desiree: “My process I always ask the customer what colors they want and the custom design of the ant. They tell me what they want and make it to their liking. Then I go to their likings and make pisces to their invision if they want flowers I add flowers, if they want seashells I make sea shells.”
Chantaye: “You’re a college student. We touched on that. How has your major contributed to your business? No pun intended.”
Desiree: “My major is entrepreneurship which is business. I have to be in pre business before I can be in the business course. That’s how my major works. You have to take pre-business before you can actually start our business.”
Chantaye: “So it hasn’t contributed to anything?”
Desiree: “It is because of all the math classes I’m taking. Are helping me because it helps me think percentage wise and spending wise. Next semester I’ll have to take accounting.”
Chantaye: “What are your future plans with items you’ll advertise?”
Desiree: “That’s an interesting question I’ve been given a lot of thought. I’ve been wanting to make a lot. I want to make my family friendly. I want to make stuff that is for everyone.”
Chantaye: “Is there anything I missed or anything you wanted to mention?”
Desiree: “What I can say is that don’t give up on what you want to do. Even if it’s a slow start. You’ll have people that will tell you otherwise. Do what makes you happy.”
Chantaye: “ Sorry I just remembered a question. How did you stay focused during the pandemic.”
Desiree: “It was hard. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t have motivation during the pandemic my aunt told me things of what I can do and make. She encouraged me.”
Chantaye: “I’m so proud of you. Thank you for your time!!”
With Carballo’s story we can take the time during the pandemic to figure out ourselves as well as what we can accomplish. If you’d like to share your support her information is added below. Remember to share your support small businesses.
Instagram: resin.des.art
https://www.instagram.com/des.resin.art/
May, 7, 2021