Dania Fagundo

May 17, 2023 | pressdemocrat.com | Rohnert Park |Dania Fagundo

Five decades ago, the odds of becoming a small business owner were not in my favor. My family left Cuba when I was young and moved to the United States. I always wanted to run my own business, but as a young, Latina immigrant, I didn’t have much money saved. When I wasn’t crunching numbers in a cubicle, I was washing dishes to earn extra money for my family. But through opportunity provided by the franchise restaurant model, I became the owner of a local McDonald’s restaurant.