Empowerment within: Latina businesses fill needs in their community

Sandra Carrasco Quezada, (left) owner of Bites and Bowls and Diana Dominguez, owner of Mas Libritos Bookstore and Laura Carrasco Quezad (right) Saturday July 1, 2023. Bites and Bowls recently expanded and is celebrating five years of being open. Meanwhile Mas Libritos, a bookseller that provides titles from Hispanic and other diverse-background authors not typically available in our public libraries and stores, is opening its very first storefront (right next to Bites and Bowls) after a few seasons as a pop-up shop.  Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.   (NWA Democrat-Gazette/J.T. Wampler)
Sandra Carrasco Quezada, (left) owner of Bites and Bowls and Diana Dominguez, owner of Mas Libritos Bookstore and Laura Carrasco Quezad (right) Saturday July 1, 2023. Bites and Bowls recently expanded and is celebrating five years of being open. Meanwhile Mas Libritos, a bookseller that provides titles from Hispanic and other diverse-background authors not typically available in our public libraries and stores, is opening its very first storefront (right next to Bites and Bowls) after a few seasons as a pop-up shop. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/J.T. Wampler)

During the pandemic, when so many businesses closed or moved to new models, many people were working from home, including Diana Dominguez. Back then she started a habit of dropping by Bites and Bowls for one of their signature waffles.

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