Thanks to a high school class Nikki Rosati has started a business creating candles to help people and charitable organizations.
The Perry High School senior launched Candles for a Cause through the UDesign It class, a semester-long course that requires each student to come up with a type of question they want to answer, or problem they want to solve, through a project spanning the entire semester.
UDesign It teacher Rachele Mielke said Nikki taught herself to make aromatherapy candles, which she’s poured and sold through the business she simultaneously established.
A countertop roaster oven, measuring cups and fragrance oils are some of the supplies that Nikki Rosati uses to make aromatherapy candles. Nikki, a senior at Perry High School, started a candlemaking business called Candles for a Cause during a semester-long UDesign It class. Nikki created the candles at a classroom work station during the semester-long course. Although…
