Peralta Gems

Laney FabLab inspires student to follow passions to a new career

Written by Aaron Harbour | Oct 14, 2020 3:24:00 AM

Laney student Leah Vass wrote an excellent story about how she managed to combine her curiosity about what she could do in the Laney FabLab and a course in the Culinary Arts Department about confections into a new career. These, combined with training in the Graphic Arts Department led her to start a company making chocolates for social and corporate events.

"My route was rather circuitous, even backwards, but it worked. All from the initial desire to use the FabLab, I became an accidental entrepreneur and have a delicious new career."

Read the full article here, and if you want to read more stories about the impact of FabLabs across the community college world, take a look at this longer publication by California Community Colleges' CCC Maker here.