Small Business Resource Guide Released In Spanish
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has released a small business resource guide in both English and Spanish.
Cortez Masto introduced the business guide to about 40 people at the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce last week.
The booklet has information about topics that are confusing for many people, like federal grants and what advising agencies business owners can utilize.
Common issues for business owners include lack of access to capital and providing affordable healthcare.
Cortez Masto said that for some, another obstacle is English.
Those that are Hispanic-owned, it’s a barrier of not understanding at times resources that are available to you,” she said. “So, the more that we can push out the information, and in this case the Spanish language, it gives them the opportunity to understand where they can go access resources at the federal level.”
The chamber of commerce will soon be holding a policy forum series to break down more topics of concern for Nevada business owners.
This report was produced in partnership with NPR member station Reno Public Radio, KUNR 88.7 FM.
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Natalie Van Hoozer
Natalie is a freelance journalist and translator based in Reno, Nevada who reports in English and Spanish. She also works for the nonprofit SembraMedia, supporting independent, digital Spanish-language media in the United States. Previously she was a Fulbright scholar in Argentina and worked on Latin American projects at the International Center for Journalists. She has also taught university podcasting classes online and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in both journalism and Spanish from the University of Nevada, Reno. For her undergraduate thesis, she researched the landscape of bilingual Spanish-English reporting in the state of California. -- Natalie es periodista y traductora freelance en Reno, Nevada y trabaja en español e inglés. También es embajadora para SembraMedia en Estados Unidos, donde investiga medios independientes y digitales en español en el país. Antes era becaria de Fulbright en la Argentina y trabajé como asistente de programas para el Centro Internacional para Periodistas, enfocada en los proyectos de América Latina. También ha sido profesora universitaria en línea sobre podcasting. Tiene una licenciatura de la Universidad de Nevada, Reno, en periodismo y español. Para la tesis de su licenciatura investigó el ámbito del periodismo bilingüe en inglés y español en el estado de California. Twitter: @NatVanH