St Cecilia's College student, Ava McDowell, set up her business Ava's Treats which specialises in sweets and seasonal giftsA 17-year-old Londonderry schoolgirl has been recognised for running a successful business, all while managing a busy school life.
"It started when my granny said to me 'you need some sort of income when you go to university, in case you ever struggle'," Ava told the"My granny is very into arts and crafts and she suggested starting my own business and taught me all the skills I needed and how to develop products. "My school's motto is: 'Inspire, endeavour and achieve' so I looked at that and felt inspired to do something so I would always have something to fall back on.
"That was the first time I saw it being busy and then the Instagram started gaining a lot of followers and that was when I realised, this is a business."
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