📆 When: October 11, 2025, afternoon (exact time coming soon)
📍 Where: TBD in either Denver, CO or Aurora, CO (Exact location shared after registration) 🎟️ Cost: Pay what works for you: $15, $25, $30. No one should miss out. Use code AGISUPPORT and we’ll make sure you’re taken care of.
💜 Who: AANHPI girls and gender-expansive youth in grades 6-8
🤔What happens when you mix a little creativity with a little risk? You get something completely your own. In this workshop, students will get hands-on with cake cups 🧁, a signature dessert from Banh & Butter, and explore what it means to step outside the box.
Pastry chef Thoa Nguyen will guide students as they layer flavors, textures, and toppings to build a treat that reflects their unique style. Along the way, she will share her story of growing up with expectations and how risk-taking shaped her journey as a chef and community leader.
What To Expect
Build their own cake cup from start to finish
Pick up baking basics while exploring how creativity and risk go together
Walk away feeling inspired, challenged, and proud of what they create
Creativity isn’t always predictable and that’s the point! Through food and storytelling, students will see how trying something new can open up fresh ways to express themselves, both in the kitchen and in life. ✨
⚠️ Please note: Ingredients are prepared in a facility that uses wheat and nuts. This event is not recommended for students with severe allergies.
About Thoa Nguyen
Thoa Nguyen is a pastry chef and the heart behind Banh & Butter. She calls herself an entrepreneur, innovator, and philanthropist. Above all she is a first-generation Vietnamese American mom who finds joy in baking, cooking, and sharing love through food.
Thoa’s journey has been shaped by dual identities, cultural expectations, and the weight of reputation. For much of her life, she felt silenced and unseen. In her late twenties she began to embrace that duality as a source of strength, learning to set boundaries and ask for acceptance for who she truly is.
Through her cakes and her community work, Thoa shares not only her talent but also her belief that food can be a vehicle for storytelling, healing, and connection. Her baby girl, her partner, and her family keep her grounded and remind her of what joy tastes like, whether it is bread and butter or pan fried chicken and rice.