Teen baker sweetens lives making desserts for those in need

  • From left, Caitlin Starmer, Anika Garikipati, Japleen Kaur and Vedika Jawa pose with desserts they baked for residents of a homeless shelter in Fremont, Calif., on April 1, 2018. Jawa, a high school junior, distributes sweets to 15 shelters through a nonprofit she started when she was 13. (Shalesh Jawa via AP)

  • From left, Vedika Jawa, Anika Garikipati, Monica Quintana and Caitlin Starmer pose with freshly baked desserts inside the Abode Services homeless shelter in Fremont, Calif., on April 13, 2018. Jawa, a high school junior, distributes sweets to 15 shelters through a nonprofit she started when she was 13. (Abode Services via AP)

Vedika Jawa’s mission to sweeten the lives of those in need began when she was just 13, on a family trip to San Francisco. She could not help but see the multitudes living on the streets.