Local Latina entrepreneur putting traditional flavors into a can

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Central Valley Native is breaking barriers arsenic a Latina entrepreneur.

Her product, Agua Bonita, is making headlines and selling nationwide.

"It's an unexplainable feeling erstwhile you spot your ain merchandise truly travel to life," said CEO and Founder Kayla Castañeda.

In 2020, Central Valley autochthonal Kayla Castaneda walked distant from her firm occupation to prosecute a dream, selling Agua Fresca successful a non-traditional way, successful a can.

She says the lone quality is that determination is little sweetener successful each tin of Agua Bonita.

"You inactive get 100% of the flavor. We person flavors similar Sweet Melon, Mango, Pineapple, and Cucumber, and it's conscionable an homage to my grandfather, my family, and our culture," said Castañeda.

Her thought dates backmost to her puerility erstwhile her precocious gramps ever made Agua Fresca.

She says helium ne'er fto effect spell to waste, and present she's making a quality by sourcing effect from the Central Valley.

The effect is shipped to co-manufacturing companies, wherever the merchandise comes to life.

"Annually, 30% of nutrient goes consecutive to landfill conscionable due to the fact that it's not aesthetic, truthful we similar to measurement successful and beryllium that middleman, usage that fruit, and enactment it into our drinks instead," said Castañeda.

Before launching Agua Bonita connected shelves and online, the look required months of proceedings and mistake successful her kitchen.

Her mother, Stephanie, says she is beyond arrogant but not amazed by Kayla's success.

"She has ever been a large dreamer, and she is ever looking to beryllium successful," said Stephanie Castañeda, "I knew the airy bulbs were connected successful her head, and I knew she was acceptable to bash thing special, which she has."

Kayla says the workload is never-ending but wouldn't person it immoderate different way.

She is simply a arrogant Latina whose concern has landed successful the apical 1% of Latina-owned and women-owned businesses nationwide.

"I was the archetypal Latina to rise $1 cardinal successful task superior with my business, truthful I instrumentality immense pridefulness successful being capable to basal up and correspond Latinas successful spaces wherever we are not traditionally represented."

Agua Bonita is featured successful occurrence 1 of a caller Amazon Prime amusement called Buy It Now, successful which entrepreneurs transportation their businesses to executives and personage judges.

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