Hispanic Heritage Month: Behind the scenes at Pancho Anaya Bakery

Hispanic Heritage Month: Behind the scenes at Pancho Anaya Bakery

CONTRIBUTIONS OF PEOPLE WHOEMIGRATE TO THIS COUNTRY ANDSTART A NEW LIFE.

I WENT TOONE OF TULSA'S MOST POPULARMEXICAN BAKERIES... WHERESERVING UP SWEET PASTRIES ISA WAY OF LIFE.Through the night and earlymorning hours... the PanchoAnaya bakery in East Tulsarolls out... (show bakerrolling out pastry) andmixes up... nats - mixersome of the city's bestMexican pastries.SOT-Jennifer Anaya, GM,Pancho Anaya Bakery "Westarted in our hometown ofsome of the city's bestMexican pastries.SOT-Jennifer Anaya, GM,Pancho Anaya Bakery "Westarted in our hometown ofSan Juan Michoacan.

Mygreat-great grandfatherstarted everything."SOT-Katia Anaya, HumanResources Director, PanchoAnaya Bakery "The firstbakery opened in Mexico in1912 by my great-greatgrandfather." Jennifer andKatia Anaya are proud torepresent the fifthgeneration of the Anayafamily bakers.SOT-Jennifer "K - So youhave been in the businessfor a long, long time.

J -Yes.

I grew up in a bakeryin Mexico." Twenty yearsago... their fatheremigrated to Tulsa...bringing the entrepreneurialspirit the Anayas say is theheart of Mexican and Latinopeople.SOT-Jennifer "Opportunity.My Dad saw an opportunityand took it." They openedthe bakery here in 2003...SOT-Katia "A lot ofimmigrants are able to opentheir own business andcontribute and give back tothe community in that way bycreating jobs." Givingback... by opening two morebakeries in Tulsa... andstaffing a wholesalebusiness that's grown somuch - they're building abigger production facility.SOT-Katia nats "Just eggsand sugar in there so far."Their recipe for success...hard work... and commitmentto family, customers andcommunity.

Today... theAnaya sisters... and theirextended family who workhere... are grateful.SOT-Katia "We are sothankful to our parents formaking the decision to cometo the US, specifically toTulsa." (edit out "ums")"We are able to get aneducation, graduate fromcollege and continue to growour family business."TIME MAGAZINE HAS NAMEDMUSCOGEE- CREEK NATIONPRINCIPAL CHIEF