How La La Land Cafe Aims to Normalize Kindness
A math tutor and client advisor at KD College Prep in Dallas, Texas, Miranda Rader holds a bachelor’s degree in general studies from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. Miranda Rader has experience as a barista working at the La La Land Kind Cafe since July 2020. She is responsible for greeting guests, taking orders, and preparing food and coffee drinks.
With three locations in Dallas, Texas, and one in Santa Monica, California, the La La Land Kind Cafe aims to normalize kindness and hire foster youth. According to the company’s website, it is set out to bring the idea of La La Land to life, representing a dream world.
In 2017, the founders created the We Are One project to help foster youth left on the street at the age of 18. The project provided help with housing, therapy, mentorship, and job placement. However, businesses were not hiring or maintaining this youth, which led La La Land cafe founders to create an 8-week internship program for foster youth in “kind cafes.”
To normalize kindness, La La Land Cafe has a team that cares about its guests daily while visiting the community and complimenting individuals. The business model of the cafe is to care about the community, give back to society, and serve high-quality products while making a profit.
