CHEESECAKED - Key Persons
Shawn Brown was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an experienced Baking Industry professional. Shawn is a single mother who has managed to turn many tragedies into triumph. A life-altering tragedy took place in February, 1994. Shawn and her sister were hit head-on by a drunk driver who didn't want to wait at a train crossing, barreling through an intersection into oncoming traffic and plowing into their car head on. This man's decision severely injured her sister, caused Shawn to suffer massive head and body injuries knocking her unconscious and killing her ten-week old son, Jakori.
The majority of Shawn's injuries were head an face related and so extensive that the medical team asked her mother for her most recent picture so they could recreate her face. Through all of this, Brown has always stayed positive and ambitious in hopes of one day fulfulling her life's dream of opening her own bakery, specializing in cheesecakes. Brown currently lives in Conyers, GA with her three amazing children and she is working hard to regain and reclaim the young woman she lost so many years ago.
Although her life has been dealt more than its share of bitter tragedies, she is determined to have her children know that one can overcome life's most difficult lessons. There's a lot of love in her kitchen, where she enjoys baking with her kids, Milan, Jailyn, and Merritt, while teaching them the importance of family, achieving their dreams, entrepreneurship and fine turning her finaly fulfilled passion of opening CheeseCaked.