Central Florida Client – Miguel Ortega Detal & Smith Trade, LLC is a family-operated business owned by Miguel Ortega. Backed with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing and distributing organic, natural, and biodegradable products, Miguel decided to start his business in Central Florida, importing environmentally friendly products from Ecuador. Amongst his most remarkable productsRead more
South Florida Client – Diana Perez Meet the woman behind the magic. Diana Perez is a young entrepreneur from Miami, with a strong background and passion for sustainability and agriculture. In 2019 Diana started her own company, Magic City Gardens, based in North Miami with a main goal in mind: to develop community-supported agriculture. Originally,Read more
North Carolina Client – Jesus Ramos Sani Spray Solutions is a family-operated business that provides professional janitorial, disinfecting, and sanitizing services while being friendly to the environment. They specialize in delivering commercial and domestic cleaning and disinfection services to clients from all kinds of industries. The equipment that Sani Spray Solutions operates uses the powerRead more
West Coast Client – Miriam Escobar Florida Ice of Tampa Corporation is a family-owned business that offers ice distribution and sales to nearly 300 regular customers in the Tampa Bay area. For 16 years now, they have served gas stations, supermarkets, convenience stores, construction sites, landscaping companies, organizations such as Feeding Tampa Bay, restaurants, clubs,Read more
North Carolina Client Spotlight – Emir Manrique Emir Manrique is an accomplished Venezuelan graphic designer and the owner of Emir Designer, offering graphic design, corporate branding, and digital marketing services in Charlotte, North Carolina. However, this was not Emir’s original business idea. In 2018, Emir came to Prospera seeking guidance and support to start aRead more
North Carolina Client Spotlight – Nora Anaya and Hans Vargas Nora Anaya from Bolivia, and Hans Vargas from Mexico, met at a food truck, got married, and founded Ta Contento a local food truck that offers authentic Mexican fast food in alternating locations within Chapel Hill. With every meal they serve, Nora and Hans celebrateRead more
North Carolina Client Spotlight – Sussa Goins Sussa Goins is a chef with international culinary arts experience and a passion for catering weddings and other events. In 2018, this passion led Sussa to reach out to Prospera for assistance to establish her first business, The Traveling Bistro. The business was successful at first, but soonRead more
South Florida Client Spotlight – Alejandro Diaz Originally from Venezuela, Alejandro Diaz moved to Miami aiming to continue his journey as an entrepreneur in the food industry. In 2011, Alejandro established La Latina, a neighborhood arepera that offers homemade traditional Venezuelan comfort food in the Wynwood and Midtown Miami area. La Latina is the perfectRead more
Central Florida Client Spotlight – Tony Villalobos Tony Villalobos is the owner of Lobos Coffee Roasters, a new and modern coffee house located at 3000 Corrine Drive, in Orlando, FL. His love for coffee began when visiting his grandmother’s coffee farm in Panama, where from a young age he began to enjoy the aroma ofRead more
Nonprofits Prospera and Ascendus collaborate to help more Hispanic-owned businesses recover JPMorgan Chase has donated $500,000 to economic development, nonprofit organizations Prospera and Ascendus (formerly Accion East) to support more than 750 small, minority-owned businesses in Florida struggling to overcome the economic crisis. The organizations will work together to assist small business owners in the greater Orlando, Miami andRead more
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