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Cha Cha Economy and Alternative, Latina Business Models
Business is booming for Ana Guajardo and dozens of other local Latina and POC vendors.
Culinary Innovation, Business Savvy and Social Media
Culinary innovation and social media took Mariscos El Cristalazo from a simple backyard business to a thriving brick-and-mortar sea food restaurant.
Latino Businesses Make Their Economic Mark
Latinos businesses are adapting quickly, learning the rules of the game and changing them up with their own skills and savvy.
Street vendor walking by a mural depicting children holding hands on W. Temple St. (Photo by Ricardo Dearatanha/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Families Precariously Make a Living from Street Vending, City Remains Ambivalent
Street vendors rely on informal "micro-economies" to sustain their families while their children endure uncertainty as city officials remain indecisive as to how to legalize street vending.
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