María Lainez started her job search with a clear goal: to begin a career in early childhood education.
María Lainez started her job search with a clear goal: to begin a career in early childhood education.
“I had to be my own boss, I clung to the idea of opening my own business,” explains Nayeli Bustamante, proprietor of Flor de Oaxaca, a business specializing in products from Oaxaca, situated in the Excelsior neighborhood.
Allow us to introduce you to Born Again Thrift and Bay Area Revives, two businesses supported by the Business Development team of MEDA’s Fondo Adelante.
Not being able to find a job left 42-year-old María Torres in a state of homelessness, but thanks to her determination, she can now talk about those months of anguish where she lived on the streets of San Francisco well in the past.
Explains a thankful Lina, “The assistance I received helped me see that there was light at the end of the tunnel”
It was another year of MEDA telling the latest news from San Francisco’s Mission District
Conoce como Fabiola, una vecina de Mission District, encontró vivienda económica
Luz Bourne-Ruiz is an energetic, single mother of 7-year-old Nathan, who attends Alvarado Elementary School in San Francisco. The immigrant from Mexico operates her own business, the New Alternatives Cafe, a cozy, neighborhood eatery serving breakfast and lunch on Guerrero near 28th. Featuring a convivial environment, there’s even a piano, guitar and congas for musically…
Back in Antigua, Guatemala, Sofia Lopez had a small business selling items like pocketbooks, belts and wallets on the vibrant main square. She had always wanted to run such a venture and was achieving success … until violence compelled her to leave her homeland a decade ago. Now residing in San Francisco’s Bayview, Lopez initially…
“Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined I’d be living in Twin Peaks when I was growing up in the predominantly black Fillmore or, as it’s now called, the Western Addition,” says 60-something Ernest Herndon, who is blessed with a definite gift of gab. It was a long road to travel the few…
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