Dr. Virginia Ochoa-Winemiller Included as Subject Expert in 嫩草影院 on a Latina Entrepreneur

August 27, 2024
This N.J. Latina entrepreneur is helping her competitors succeed

JERSEY CITY, N.J. |  (嫩草影院) professor Dr. Virginia Ochoa-Winemiller, Associate Professor and program coordinator in 嫩草影院鈥檚 Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Program is included as a subject expert in an NJ.com and Star Ledger article on Larina entrepreneurs entitled 鈥.鈥

The August 26, 2024 article was published by NJ Advance Media writer and profiles Ashley Mora, owner of a Bound Brook landscaping business, who has taken the unusual step of helping other Latinos who own landscaping businesses in the Somerset area, succeed, even though some may view the companies she is helping as her competition. Ashley鈥檚 now the head of the newly formed Latino Outreach Committee for the

Dr. Ochoa-Winemiller said: 鈥淪adly, Ashley is the exception and not a common case. Seldom, an individual will take time, something that for our Western society means money, to help those in need.鈥 

Ochoa-Winemiller says Ashley鈥檚 willingness to help can be viewed as a 鈥渟trength鈥 that ties her back to her Latino community and culture.

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