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Javad Yaghoubi, City Shade
Thanks to Opening Doors, Inc for this story! Javad Yaghoubi, an Afghan refugee who came to America with his family three years ago, is the proud owner of City Shade, a sunglasses cart in Arden Fair...
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David Aragon, Araparts
Thanks to California Capital for this story! David Aragon is a small business owner who runs Araparts, an auto parts company. Recently, California Capital asked him a few questions. Can you give us a...
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Andrei Sobolev and Serhiy Misiruk, Creative Millworks, Inc.
Thanks to Opening Doors for this story! When Serhiy Misiruk came to the US from Ukraine in 2009, he brought several years of experience in carpentry. He worked hard and continued his craft in his new...
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Maria Harrington, Casa de Español
Thanks to CDC Small Business Finance and CNote for this story! Before Maria Harrington was a business owner or even a teacher, she was a student at Berkeley exploring a question: How are indigenous...
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Susan Difuntorm, Smiles & More Photo Booth
Thanks to California Capital for sharing Susan’s story! Susan Difuntorm is a retired Air Force veteran of 23 years, recent State of California retiree, a mother, grandmother, and a dear friend to many....
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Dr. Rohini Rattu, Dimples Pediatric Dental
This story was originally published on capitalregionsbdc.com. In 2007, Dr. Rohini Rattu obtained her Doctorate of Dental Surgery from Columbia University College of Dental Medicine in New York City....
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Deanna Hurn, Miracle Math Coaching
This story was originally published on norcalsbdc.org. When Deanna Hurn opened Fairfield’s Miracle Math Coaching 12 years ago, she was only in her mid-twenties. She did not know the first thing about...
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Marcos Murrilo, Tapa the World
This story was originally published on sanmateosbdc.org. Marcos Murrilo came here from Mexico in 1996. His first job in the U.S. was working at Tapa the World restaurant in Sacramento. There, he was...
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Pamela Marquez, Puzz E Gata Jamaica
This story was originally published in cacapital.org. Ask Pamela Marquez about the first time she drank agua de jamaica in Mexico, and the answer will span generations. “It did elicit ancestral...
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Mohammad, Tailoring and Alterations
This story was originally published in openindoors.org. Mohammad fled Afghanistan with his wife and three children in 2010. They stayed in Turkey until they resettled in the United States in 2018....
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