Canton woman speaks out about crisis in Venezuela
By Jay Turner
When Sofia Penna went recently to receive her COVID-19 vaccination in her adopted home state of Massachusetts, she presented her Venezuela license as identification and was treated with no questions asked.
Sofia Penna (right) with her parents David and Tatiana
“They didn’t care who I was or what my legal status was,” she said. “It was so easy; everything was well thought out and organized.”
Months earlier, when her family’s local pizza shop, Slices Pizzeria on Turnpike Street, suffered significant revenue losses as a result of the pandemic, they were able to apply for and quickly receive a forgivable government loan, plus additional grant assistance that had been specifically earmarked for minority-owned businesses across the commonwealth.