Mireya Zapata grew up in Waco and has been married for 22 years with three children. Mireya and her sister began selling cupcakes in South Waco for fun and to make extra money during the summer. Realizing she had a real knack for it! About 17 years ago Mireya took a formal cake decorating class with instructor and mentor Douglas Woodward. From then on she was intrigued and wanted to know everything he knew. Douglas taught her the basics and always said "knowledge comes with experience," and that is still true to this day especially when it comes to decorating cakes!