Hispanic-Owned Businesses Nearly Double In Decade In This State

Hispanic-Owned Businesses Nearly Double In Decade In This State
NOGALES, UNITED STATES: Shoppers walk by stores 15 February along the main shopping strip in downtown Nogales,Arizona. Many business owners in this city straddling the US-Mexican border say they might bail out because of the Mexican peso crisis which has triggered a drastic drop in sales.(COLOR KEY: Girl wears red) AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read CHRIS WILKINS/AFP/Getty Images)
NOGALES, UNITED STATES: Shoppers walk by stores 15 February along the main shopping strip in downtown Nogales,Arizona. Many business owners in this city straddling the US-Mexican border say they might bail out because of the Mexican peso crisis which has triggered a drastic drop in sales.(COLOR KEY: Girl wears red) AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read CHRIS WILKINS/AFP/Getty Images)

n the mornings, AnaBella DeAnda can be found in her professional kitchen in Somerton, preparing and canning hot sauce, before heading to her part-time job with a Yuma tax preparing firm.

Owning a business had long been her dream. Armed with a degree in business administration, DeAnda started making and selling Hot Mama Bella Hot Sauce out of her home kitchen in Yuma in March 2012.

She knew she had a hit on her hands when she would take her homemade habanero sauce to parties and friends and family loved it.

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