Student Owned Businesses

Floral Envy is a brand that sells everything from earrings to self-defense sets, using resin and molds to preserve items of nature into creations. Penelope Wilkins ‘21 started their business, Floral Envy, in May of 2020, months after the COVID-19 pandemic began.  “Originally, I started messing around with making jewelry since I lost my job due to COVID,” Wilkins said. “My old job elimi...

During his freshman year, Jake Roth ‘22 decided to take a glass class in the art department at City High. He chose to take the class because it seemed fun; two years later he is selling his stained glass artwork on Instagram. What started as a hobby turned into a full-fledged business. “While I was doing [the glass art class] sophomore year, I was just getting into it on my own and at my house,�...

Scrolling through Instagram, one might come across the page of TwoKidsApparel, a business recently started by two City High students, Soumaila Sanogo ‘23 and Shamar Benton ‘23. With a vision of supporting social justice and helping the community, Sanogo and Benton started selling their shirts in honor of Black History Month.  “We wanted something different on the back of our shirts to show what we'...