AMHERST — When Ana Lourdes Artiga Paredes recently cut the ribbon at the grand opening of her restaurant, Izote Latin and American Kitchen, in Amherst, a mariachi band played lively music from her native El Salvador. The Amherst businesswoman came to the United States as an immigrant in search of work. Now she is an entrepreneur who has hired half a dozen part-time employees.
AMHERST — When Ana Lourdes Artiga Paredes recently cut the ribbon at the grand opening of her restaurant, Izote Latin and American Kitchen, in Amherst, a mariachi band played lively music from her native El Salvador. The Amherst businesswoman came to the United States as an immigrant in search of work. Now she is an entrepreneur who has hired half a dozen part-time employees.