Janna Rodriguez siempre ha sido una líder activa en su comunidad—cuando tenía 16 años, ella comenzó a trabajar como voluntaria en campañas políticas, desde la junta escolar de su localidad hasta las elecciones presidenciales. En 2018, su espíritu emprendedor la llevó a establecer Innovative Daycare Corp. en Long Island, Nueva York. Su misión es asegurar que los niños de minorías en su comunidad tengan los recursos y privilegios que tienen los niños en otras comunidades.

Since opening his market 10 years ago, Alap Vora is proud to say 80% of his employees from his opening day are still working for him, and his business boasts an overall employee retention rate of more than 70%. These numbers are virtually unheard of for hourly-wage jobs in Brooklyn, N.Y., but Alap’s personal approach to business may have something to do with it.

It’s not often that consumers gets to fully immerse themselves in, and become a part of, the product that’s sold to them. But MEND, an interactive story, is both an ambitious product and small business that seeks to combine fiction with reality.

Tsui Yee pours her family’s hard work and sacrifice into running a successful small business and a passionate stance on immigration.

As a founding partner of an immigration law firm, Guerrero Yee LLP, in New York City, it goes without saying that Yee avidly supports comprehensive immigration reform. But it’s her personal upbringing that really shapes her views.