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Angelo Solera established Nuestras Raices Inc because he realized that you have to create something new to change the conversation.
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Nuestras Raíces Inc.
Angelo Solera established Nuestras Raices Inc because he realized that you have to create something new to change the conversation.
Open Paragliding Championship: Nelson Villafuerte brings international competition to Chiquimula. Click on the link below to read the article.
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The Open Paragliding Championship is a cross country competition that will bring many professional paragliders as well as amateurs looking t
Robinhood blocks small investors from buying more stocks of GameStock and other similar stocks.
A group of investors on Reddit came together to bail out GameStop and other companies that were on Wall Street’s hit list.
Forty years ago today, on December 28, 1980, my older brother Marco Antonio, younger sister Angelica, and I, along with our mother, Mercedes Torrico, arrived in the United States to reunite with our father, Mauro Torrico, and embark on our American journey. We landed at JFK airport on an icy Sunday morning.
In those forty years, our parents worked hard so we could accomplish things they could not achieve and instilled in us a strong work ethic and belief in God. For 25 years, our dad preached on the streets of Queens and in homes. He helped many families come to Jesus and taught Bible studies to over 100 families before retiring and moving to Greensboro. Mom was the entrepreneur of the family. She hustled before hustling was a thing. She worked as a part-time factory worker and was a full-time mom; she was also a babysitter to make money on the side for our school trips and events. She encouraged us to do more, to reach higher than she could. To trust in God and to move forward.
My brother Marco started a mortgage business in New Jersey in the late ’90s, closed it down before the 2008 housing crisis, and traveled back and forth from Peru to the United States for the next 10 years. Marco now lives with his wife and kids in Baltimore and is a minister at a local Spanish speaking church. My sister graduated from college in NY, got married, and moved to Greensboro, NC, where she lives with her husband and two boys and is finishing her Master’s in Public Administration. They recently opened up a Christian elementary school during the pandemic in Greensboro.
I graduated from engineering school in 2001, moved to Maryland, lived there for 18 years, worked for Verizon as a web developer, attended Johns Hopkins Carey Business School before it was called Carey, got RIFed by Verizon. I day traded for a while and got involved in the real estate auction industry while at Carey. I worked with several non-profit organizations, got involved in the Hispanic business community in Baltimore, and taught entrepreneurship to high school Hispanic students around the country during the Hispanic Youth Symposium. After the 2008 crash, I lost everything, had to start over, worked in retail for several years, then moved to retail banking. In 2015 I was appointed by Governor Hogan as the Business Development Manager for MDOT MTA. I led their business outreach initiative during the launch of BaltimoreLink. Currently, I live in Loudon County, am engaged to my fiancée Mary Ann, and have a two-year-old Treeing Walker Hound named Princess Penny. I am the social media manager and staff photographer at MDOT MTA. I also own my own media company that provides photography, social media, website design, and digital ad buying services.
Throughout the years, our family has had many ups and downs, but I thank God that He has guided us through each challenge with the help of friends and family. As a family, we look forward to the next chapter of our family history in America as we continue to grow and prosper with the help of God.
About Latinos of Americaa
Latinos of America is a photo-doc project that I started on Instagram that shares the stories of Latinos living in the U.S.
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Forty years ago today, on December 28, 1980, my older brother Marco Antonio, younger sister Angelica, and I, along with our mother, Mercedes Torrico, arrived in the United States to reunite with our father, Mauro Torrico, and embark on our American journey. We landed at JFK airport on an icy Sunday....
Every superhero has a unique beginning, and this story is no different. Sleeping with an Angel is a thrilling novel about a Washington lobbyist’s fall from grace into the depths of hell and despair, only to be redeemed by a woman foretold in his dreams.
To read the full article, visit https://www.entrepreneurist.co/post/sleeping-with-an-angel-roger-campos.
Every superhero has a unique beginning. This story is no different; it was penned during a blizzard snowstorm in Maryland. This thrilling novel about a Washington lobbyist’s fall from grace into the depths of hell and despair, only to be redeemed by a woman foretold in his dreams.
Shop Local: Three online businesses to support this Small Business Saturday.
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Shop Local: Three Online Stores to Support During Small Business Saturday
GALA Hispanic Theatre: Award-winning Latino performing arts center in Washington, D.C. is 1 of 6 venues approved by D.C. officials to participate in a pilot program for indoor live performance.
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Award-winning Latino performing arts center in D.C. is 1 of 6 venues approved by government officials to participate in a pilot program.
A Momento Latino Event to celebrate America's diversity, focusing on the contributions that American Latinos have made to fight COVID-19.
To read more: https://www.entrepreneurist.co/post/essential-heroes-american-latino-covid
A Momento Latino Event to celebrate America's diversity, focusing on the contributions that American Latinos have made to fight COVID-19
Members of the Latino business community in Maryland raised funds for the Maryland Hispanic Chamber Foundation's scholarship program.
Read the full article via The Entrepreneurist.
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The Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Members of the Latino business community in Maryland came together to raise funds for the Foundation's scholarship program.
Corado's Restaurant in Washington, D.C. is working along with the Healing Hands Foundation and the U.S. Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce to send medical supplies to Guatemala.
To learn more about how you can help this cause, visit https://www.entrepreneurist.co/post/corados-restaurant-dc.
Corado's Restaurant in D.C. is working along with the Healing Hands Foundation and the USGCC to end medical supplies to Guatemala.
The talent I have is a gift from God, but the work ethic in which I pride myself comes from my dad,” says Hugo Renteria, the founder of Custom by Juice.
From a very early age, Hugo’s father instilled in him the work ethic he now carries with him. On the days Hugo was not in school, his father would wake him up at 3:30 AM and take him to work.
As a teenager, Hugo would spend hours honing on his craft but never imagined that he could make a living from his drawings. Not having the proper guidance, he put aside his brushes and looked for work. After high school, he worked at a frozen food warehouse before he went back to school to pick up a trade and learned to become a machinist.
Twenty-One years later, Hugo is still waking up by 3:30 AM, gets ready for work, and drives Lyft before starting his day as a machinist at a local shop in Los Angeles. But that all changed when the COVID pandemic hit California. Unable to work as a machinist, Hugo decided to occupy his time working on customizing sneakers for friends and family.
Since then, Hugo’s business has taken off and has been able to support his livelihood. But when his employer asked him to return to work, Hugo decided to trust God and continue to grow his business.
“If I knew that my childhood talent would one day support myself and loved ones, I would have taken my artwork more seriously as a teenager,” says Hugo.
To learn more about Hugo’s artwork, and customize your kicks, DM him on his Instagram profile .
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We look forward to bringing you the latest news coverage of the Latino business communities throughout the country.
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The .co is now . I’m doing this to focus on publishing inspiring news that impacts the Latino business community. I’m also creating another profile called to highlight the stories of Latino business leaders around the DMV area.
We look forward to bringing you the latest news coverage of the Latino business communities throughout the country.
Two close friends with complementary skills come together to form La Box, a gift box business in the DC area. Ana Lia De la Quintana is the florist and marketing guru, and Ninoska Nogales is the chocolate master that creates the sweet-tasting treats. Together they have formed a blooming and delicious business in the DMV.
To place your order with La Box, visit their profile (https://instagram.com/hi_labox?igshid=7mcaklincmhu).
TorricoMedia has partnered with the Maryland Hispanic Business Leadership Online Anniversary Conference. To learn more about the conference, visit http://bit.ly/MDHBL-Blog.
Potomac Falls, Va - I am happy to announce that I will be the Maryland Hispanic Business Leadership Online Anniversary Conference's co-host on Tuesday, September 8, 20...
Run Hope Work, a positive youth development agency providing life-changing training opportunities to get strong, learn a trade, and begin a career is excited to be one-of-five nonprofit organizations selected to participate in The Speed Project ( ).
The Speed Project is a 31 hours and a 15-minutes race that is now a decentralized DYI event due to COVID. This year's decentralized DYI fundraising campaign will start on Sept 5th, at 4 am with over 300 teams worldwide. The teams & runners will have 31 hrs & 15 minutes to run as far as possible, in their respective cities, with an interactive leader board, to raise money for nonprofits running in their program. Team .usa (some team members pictured above) represents Washington, DC, and they need our support!
Starting this Saturday at 7 am, .usa will be running for 31 hours and 15 minutes around DC's border. This will be a long journey for them, and local support among the route is welcomed. Team Grit will be posting updates on their Social Media about their location on the race route. Join them along the path to cheer the runners on!
For more information and make a donation, go to https://instagram.com/runhopework?igshid=1i1y8xcq0hxif and click on their bio.
The Maryland Hispanic Business Leadership, is hosting its Online Anniversary Conference, this coming Tuesday September 8, 2020.
The event will kickoff with guest speaker Peter Franchot, Comptroller for the State od Maryland. The event will also feature the presidents of the following Hispanic chamber of commerce:
Carmen Larsen, President, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Montgomery County, Marco V. Ávila, P.E., President, Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Jose Campos, Esq., President, Salvadoran American Chamber of Commerce, Abner Piedramartel, President, US Guatemala Chamber of Commerce.
To register for this event, click link in bio.
Chef Rod, a Baltimore business leader and restaurant owner of , recently talked to about COVID-19 and the effect it has had on local restaurants.
To watch the interview, go to WMAR - 2 ABC.
To learn more about .rod’s restaurants, visit .
Read Between The Lines® has recently teamed up with Cafe Victoria in Dallas on Instagram to promote each other’s business through their yummy collaboration.
Read Between the Lines provides the mugs, and Café Victoria severs the coffee. You couldn’t ask for a better collaboration.
To learn more about their in-store promotion, visit Read Between The Lines and Café Victoria Dallas in the Victoria Park area.
Daily Headlines, Friday, Aug 28, 2020
- Walmart has teamed up with Microsoft in a joint bid to acquire TikTok.
- On average, countries runner by women have suffered half as many COVID-19 deaths as those lead by men.
- These teams and athletes refused to play in protest of the Jacob Blake shooting.
- Jared Kushner says NBA players are “fortunate” they can take a night off.
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Local business owners in Long Island, NY, came together to collect books and supplies for Winthrop Children’s Hospital. Over 900+ books were collected and donated between May-August of this year.
The kids are entertained by reading the books they received to their parents while waiting and going through their medical checkups.
This was the 3rd batch of donations received by Diane Smith of NYU Winthrop.
Thank you to everyone that participated and donated:
To follow these business, visit https://www.instagram.com/p/CEbzyCPhqkV/?igshid=11joc8lsnlqp9.
I am starting a new section on The Entrepreneurist called Small Biz Insights, which will cover the pressing issues affecting underrepresented entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Today I want to talk about the White House’s deferred payroll-tax withholding that starts on September 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2020. Will it hurt or help small businesses?
Will small business owners hold onto their payroll funds in case they have to repay it after December 31, 2020, or will they use these funds to reinvest in their business with the expectation that they won't have to repay these funds.
To be clear, this is only an executive order, and deferred payroll-taxes might not be forgiving later. That responsibility falls on Congress.
I am interested in hearing your thoughts and strategies on how are you going to use the Deferred payroll funds?
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Are these taxes forgivable?
There is a need to share the stories of underrepresented entrepreneurs and talk about the issues that affect the small business community.
To learn more about The Entrepreneurist, visit https://www.entrepreneurist.co/post/introducing-the-entrepreneurist.
There is a need to share the stories of underrepresented entrepreneurs and talk about the issues that affect the small business community.
“The talent I have is a gift from God, but the work ethic in which I pride myself comes from my dad,” says Hugo Renteria, the founder of Custom by Juice.
From a very early age, Hugo’s father instilled in him the work ethic he now carries with him. On the days Hugo was not in school, his father would wake him up at 3:30 AM and take him to work.
As a teenager, Hugo would spend hours honing on his craft but never imagined that he could make a living from his drawings. Not having the proper guidance, he put aside his brushes and looked for work. After high school, he worked at a frozen food warehouse before he went back to school to pick up a trade and learned to become a machinist.
Twenty-One years later, Hugo is still waking up by 3:30 AM, gets ready for work, and drives Lyft before starting his day as a machinist at a local shop in Los Angeles. But that all changed when the COVID pandemic hit California. Unable to work as a machinist, Hugo decided to occupy his time working on customizing sneakers for friends and family.
Since then, Hugo’s business has taken off and has been able to support his livelihood. But when his employer asked him to return to work, Hugo decided to trust God and continue to grow his business.
“If I knew that my childhood talent would one day support myself and loved ones, I would have taken my artwork more seriously as a teenager,” says Hugo.
To learn more about Hugo’s artwork, and customize your kicks, DM him on his Instagram profile https://instagram.com/customedbyjuice.
https://www.entrepreneurist.co/post/customed-shoes-by-juice
If I knew that my childhood talent would one day support myself and loved ones, I would have taken my artwork more seriously as a teenager
The House pass the American Latino Museum Bill. Now it's up to the Senate. Help support this bill!
The Gal•Avant Life originally started as Desi Travelista, a profile that shared Anisha’s travel photos, but she felt like she was missing a higher purpose. But things began to fall in place when her sister-in-law, Teja, reached out with the idea of starting an online travel community for people of color. Anisha was excited about the concept and transformed her profile into .
Together they now created an online community for women of color by women of color that share stories and experiences on travel and living overseas.
They are currently working on the launch of their online magazine and looking for contributors.
To learn more about and how to become a contributor, click on their bio link below.
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Waking up Hispanics since 1928, Café Bustelo was created by Gregorio Menendez Bustelo, a Spanish immigrant. He traveled to Cuba from his native home in Spain before he moved to the United States in 1917. He established the Café Bustelo coffee company in The Bronx, New York, and became popular among Cuban exiles. Since then, other immigrant families of Hispanic origin have enjoyed the rich taste of espresso-style coffee for decades.
In 2000 Café Bustelo was bought by Rowland Coffee Roasters of Miami. In 2011 Rowland was acquired by the Cuban-American Souto family the same year and sold to the J.M. Smucker Company.
Apple recently announced that it has partnered with HBCUs to provide coding opportunities to underrepresented communities around the country.
created these delicious social distance cookies as a special order for Home Depot employees in Lindon, Utah.
MJ’s Cookies creates customer cookies for their customers in the Vineyard, Utah area and is run by and .
To learn more about MJ’s Cookies custom cookies, visit .
Los Angeles, Cal. — Reginald T. Savage Woods was born and raised in Compton, California, he played football for his local high school and aspired to become an entrepreneur and music artist someday. He attended Tuskegee University, a private, historically black university in Alabama where he earned his degree in Business Administration while playing defensive end for the Golden Tiger on a full football scholarship.
To read more about Reginald and his apparel company Savage Woods Apparel, click on the link below.
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Reginald T. Savage Woods was born and raised in Compton, Cal., he played football for his local high school and aspired to become...
“The vision of De La Cross is to inspire transformation through positivity, encouragement, and community,” says Brandon Cruz.
Fashion, fitness, and faith are the core principles of De La Cross Fit Apparel. To learn more about the company, click on the link below.
https://www.entrepreneurist.co/post/fashion-fitness-faith-the-core-of-de-la-cross-fit-apparel
Los Angeles, Cal. — When times are tough, it is faith that keeps us going. Faith in God, in oneself, and in the kindness of others...
When she could't find a t-shirt that represented her individuality and love for hip-hop, Taneisha Hasan started a clothing line.
To learn more about the Black Vinegar Collection, click on the link below.
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Washington, D.C. — Fashion designer and creative director of the Black Vinegar Collection, Tanesha Hasan established her clothing line...
In 2011 Borrowed Life was established to spread inspirational life awareness to individuals going through a life-changing incident.
To learn more about Borrowed Life, visit https://www.entrepreneurist.co/post/borrowed-life-a-brand-with-purpose.
Glen Burnie, Md. — The saying goes that we live on borrowed time, but no one knows this better than Mia Inocencio, who in 2007...
To help the Waterfront Academy and donate to their cause on their Facebook fundraising page, click on the link below.
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Washington, D.C. — My name is Melissa Rohan, and I am the Founder of the Waterfront Academy in Washington, DC. I recently turned 42...
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