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By: EFE
Wednesday, October 9
Kamala Harris highlights the role of Latina entrepreneurs in the US economy.
The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris , met with five Latina entrepreneurs to highlight their role in the US economy , on the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs until next 15 October.
Harris welcomed five female small business owners from the Washington metropolitan area to his ceremonial office to promote the approval of the White House economic plans, which Congress is analyzing this week, and the impact they would have on Latino families and businesses in the United States. country.
“Our small business leaders at this table, and the many others they represent, are really the backbone of our country “, he stressed.
The vice president a She stated that she wanted to hear the challenges that businesswomen had faced during the pandemic and the needs they now have, as well as analyze what the Government can do “to increase access to capital” for small businesses.
“When we talk about Hispanic small businesses and their leaders, we talk about all types of businesses, from architecture to information technology, going through all the things that require that Let’s act as a society ”, he stressed.
He added that The economic plans of the White House would involve improvements for the Hispanic community in areas such as better internet access and cutting the cost of child and family care, as well as through Tax credit for having children and increased training of workers.
The meeting was attended by the president of the technology company d e information ZemiTek, Rosa Caldas; the founder of the architecture studio Moya Design Partners, Paola Moya; and the founder of the construction services company Meridien Group, Maria Hicks.
Also present were Myrna Yvette Peralta, president of CentroNía, an institution providing affordable bilingual early education to low-income families in and around Washington; and Daniella Senior, founder of the Cuban restaurant Colada Shop and the local Serenata & Zumo, located in the US capital and its surroundings.
The press at the meeting, which was also attended by the Democratic congresswoman Nanette Barragán, was limited and the journalists could not hear the statements of the businesswomen attending.
The White House recalled in a statement that, in February, Harris described the exodus of women from the workforce during as a “national emergency.” COVID pandemic – 19 , which has caused at least 2.5 million women leave their jobs in the US , compared to 1.8 million men who have done the same.
The vice president has placed special emphasis on this gender gap and the effect of a pandemic in care, and last week he visited the home of Jamie Smith, a woman who cares for her parents as well as her four children while trying to keep her career afloat.
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