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[Roman] When the guests come by and I see
that they're eating what I'm making,

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it's so fun and reassuring
because they have to show me,

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"Look, look!
I'm eating what you're making."

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And I'm like, "Okay.
That's so cool. Thank you."

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And it's such an amazing feeling

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to know that they're getting fresh product
that we're making that day.

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We are performing. It's a show.

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The guests have their cameras.
They're ready to see us.

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We all love what we're doing,

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so it comes natural to us
to have fun when we work.

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My name is Francheska Roman.

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I am a candy maker
here at the Disneyland Resort,

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and I've been working here
for eight years.

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The feeling of walking down Main Street
before any of the guests come in,

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hearing the music
and the park being empty,

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it just brings so much joy, and it's
something that I really love doing.

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When I first got hired in Disneyland
in 2011, I originally started as a CT,

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which is seasonal,
in the Fantasyland Toontown stores.

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And immediately
I was drawn to candy making.

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I was checking out guests,
ringing them up,

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and my eyes just kept going
to the candy makers.

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And that's when I knew
I wanted to transfer into candy making.

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And I've been there ever since.

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So right now we're setting up
the toffee-making process.

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We have our six pounds of sugar.

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We have our two pounds of ground almonds.

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Seven pounds of butter.

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We're waiting for the butter
to completely melt

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and it to come to a boil.

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Once it comes to a boil,
then we're gonna be adding in our sugar.

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The hardest thing for me,
when I first started, was English toffee.

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I was so scared of the kettle,
to burn myself,

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and what to do and not to mess up,

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and I was just so nervous
being on the kettle.

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I wanted to be good,
and I never stopped trying.

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I was fortunate enough to work with
many talented candy makers and leaders

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who taught me to be the candy maker
I am today.

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Being a candy maker
is very much like being an artist.

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It's a lot of detail that goes into it.

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A lot of piping work with the chocolate.

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You need to make sure that the chocolate's
at a certain temperature

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so your chocolate isn't too runny
when you're doing your detail work.

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There's not a lot of jobs like this
where you can be creative

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and play with chocolate and wave at guests
and have a creative mind-set,

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and each product is the same
but it's different in its own way.

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It's all handmade, hand-touched,
and it's really unique.

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I get to be a candy maker,
and I get to create and inspire,

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not only guests,
but the cast members as well, in my role.

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And I get to see them
come up to the window and get excited.

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It's something that I truly love.