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- Updated: November 11, 2016
Jaime Martinez stands with La Feria Chamber members and community leaders at the ribbon cutting ceremony for his new cheesecake shop in La Feria last Tuesday, November 1st. Photo: La Feria Chamber of Commerce
Special to La Feria News
My name is Jaime R. Martinez. I am 44 years old. I have been married to Sonya for 22 years and we have two sons. Aaron is a student at Texas A&M Kingsville and Justin is a high school junior at La Feria High School.
I was diagnosed with IGA Nephropathy and 5 years ago, I had a kidney transplant and it led to me being retired/disabled from AT&T. This led me to go back to school and since I always enjoyed cooking, I took some culinary classes.
A couple of years later, I found myself with a Certificate from South Texas College in Commercial Cooking. I would never imagine that I would have this certificate after I already had a certificate in Electronics Servicing from TSTC. STC is where I learned to bake cheesecakes and found that I really enjoyed doing this.
I found a location in my hometown and I worked on getting the proper paperwork, permits, etc to open up my own cheesecake shop. On my 5th Kidneyversary, I had the grand opening to Sweet Blessings Cheesecakes. I give thanks to God for my new outlook to life and I am very grateful for all the blessings since my transplant, hence the name SWEET BLESSINGS.
I hope to be able to give back to my community and the youth of the area. I am currently a youth leader at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in La Feria and I enjoy working with them, so there is no question, I will be closed on Wednesdays when we have Youth Group Meetings and Confirmation classes. For anyone who would like to go into business, I say, Go For It! Make sure it is something you love doing, as for me, I am enjoying this experience one day at a time.
I would like to thank my friends, family and God for everything that has led to this part of my life I call Sweet Blessings.
