FIRSTHAND
Emili
Season 6 Episode 6 | 12m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
An entrepreneur finding her way in Chicago.
Outside Chicago’s Ogden Avenue shelter, Emili Rincón dishes out homemade chicken soup and other Venezuelan specialties. It's a cash-only food business with a limited customer base, but it helps the family make ends meet while they anxiously wait to apply for a work permit. Emili came to the United States after her husband was murdered in Venezuela.
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FIRSTHAND is a local public television program presented by WTTW
FIRSTHAND
Emili
Season 6 Episode 6 | 12m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
Outside Chicago’s Ogden Avenue shelter, Emili Rincón dishes out homemade chicken soup and other Venezuelan specialties. It's a cash-only food business with a limited customer base, but it helps the family make ends meet while they anxiously wait to apply for a work permit. Emili came to the United States after her husband was murdered in Venezuela.
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