according to jp morgan chase, latinos are starting new businesses faster than any other group. latino-owned businesses currently generate more than $600 billion a year for the u.s. economy. despite those numbers, a new report from the federal reserve bank of new york found that latino business owners are also facing some big challenges including access to capital. elizabeth velez knows the struggle latino entrepreneurs face. she is a second-generation latino business owner, joining the construction company her dad started in new york city back in it is so nice to have you. elizabeth: nice to be here. soledad: was your dad supportive of you going into the business, to run the business? elizabeth: i think he was, and he wasn t he was concerned about me coming in being a female in a male dominated industry. yet he didn t have many other options if he wanted to see his business succeed. i have six sisters, so we re seven girls in our family. soledad: it was going to be a woman.
lawsuit to, you know, help determine, you know, the source and the credibility of the threat. reporter: some nervous parents still kept their kids home. it s scary because things do actually happen. and it s something that you don t want to have to be worried about for your kids. reporter: it turns out this exact same message was blasted out to people affiliated with lincoln schools all over the country. tracking down where and how it started is still being investigated. school officials say with a heightened sensitivity to mass shootings, even if a threat seems fake, they ve got to respond to every one of them the same. these days, in light of all that has happened around the country, you know, we can t take any threat lightly. so eve threat has to be taken very seriously. reporter: and back here live, you know, if you re be the number one name for schools all across the country. easy to see why that s the one that the threatener decided to use. as for parents here
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