December 10, 2015Colombian immigrants Nancy and David Ortiz have been running Buenaventura Travel Agency since 1983, but needed to upgrade their equipment…
May 22, 2015Abraham Lopez immigrated from Mexico in 1998, and worked hard to master English and earn an Associate's Degree in Computer…
April 22, 2015When a sunglasses cart in the mall went up for sale, Javad jumped at the opportunity. He purchased the business…
September 3, 2014Ten years ago Irena was eight months pregnant and fleeing her home country of Ukraine with her husband and two…
July 22, 2014Bertha Magaña had experience as a farmworker and good credit, but struggled to find the financing she needed to support…
July 1, 2014An immigrant from Peru, Pedro Zerpa worked his way up from dishwasher to head chef of a San Francisco restaurant…
June 5, 2014Patty Rodriguez opened SF Parking in order to support jobs that would have otherwise been lost when her employers lost…
April 29, 2014Penny Baldado moved to the United States from the Philippines and opened her own cafe thanks to training and financial…
October 2, 2013Suely Ngouy's Central Valley business was able to secure the licenses and permits they needed to operate as a social…
