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El Angelito De Los Migrantes Veracruzanos Toma La Forma De Una PaqueteríA Neoyorquina, Julia L. Sclafani
El Angelito De Los Migrantes Veracruzanos Toma La Forma De Una PaqueteríA Neoyorquina, Julia L. Sclafani
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Josefina Jiménez says that she’s in the business of “transporting feelings of love”. By that, she means she in the shipping and transport business. Jiménez is a one-woman show; she started her paqueteria business 18 years ago as a way to finance her visits home to Mexico.
Paqueterias, small international shipping businesses, literally bring New York City its vibrant flavor. In any given neighborhood, if you are an immigrant, there is someone who will carry a backpack of school supplies to your kids in Ecuador, carry your old bedroom set to your parents in Colombia, or carefully deliver a little …