Lyanne Alfaro tells stories about what’s next in the world of technology, business and entrepreneurship. A journalist turned multi-hyphenate, she's especially passionate about exploring the Latino influence in the world of business. She has launched a newsletter and podcast all about it called Moneda Moves.
Angélica Rivera Varela and her partner Miguel Rivera spend the week preparing for private events and weekends when Semillas Plant Studio is open.In Spanish, it means “neither here, nor there.” It’s an expression some Mexicans know all too well, a feeling of being caught between American culture and your ancestral roots. Navigating this blended identity can be complicated for many of us who are perceived as too American for Mexico, yet too Mexican for America.They just are who they are.
Despite the fact that Bueno Days doesn’t have its own storefront yet, Alma and Cristóbal have found a kinship with others in the neighborhood. Among them are Miguel Cervantes, owner of Mexican goods store Comercio Popular and Lucy Angel Camarena, who runs flower shop Campo Santo under the same roof, where they launched their first pop-ups.
As neighborhoods do, the ethnic and socioeconomic identities of Pilsen and Little Village whipped back and forth throughout the decades. Recent gentrification led to the departure of more thanin the last 20 years. “There’s a lot of change happening, and I’m saddened by it,” Rodriguez shared. “We need to preserve and support businesses that are Latino-owned.”
“We want people to come in and feel safe to be able to do their homework. If they have an idea they want to pursue … we want them to come into our space and plant their own seeds,” she said. “I wish I had that kind of space to go to when I was in high school.”The neighborhoods hold a complex array of emotions for those who grew up there because of all the transitions it has gone through.
Born in Colombia, Mateo Zapata was raised in the Pilsen community. Zapata opened La Esquina in Pilsen to bring the community together in a safe space.Throughout the years, he contributed to the growth of the community by creating murals of local heroes, taking photos of residents and planning major festivals in the community, like the Pilsen Taco Fest.“It showed that we as brown people have what it takes to produce events for our own community,” he shared.
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