Eco Home Remodeling company Treeium is expanding in a big way in the Bay Area and is reaching out specifically to Hispanic general contractors. The Forbes-listed company known for its unique remodeling system is looking to partner with licensed and bonded contractors for Treeium’s many home improvement and renovation projects in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Emilia Otero has been involved in Oakland’s mobile food industry for 20 years. She started with a project to improve community nutrition options in Oakland, by organizing local mobile food vendors into what she calls “the new food industry on wheels.”

“I wanted to bring nutrition to my community and to teach kids about healthy eating,” she said.

Emilia Otero ha estado involucrada en la industria de alimentos en Oakland durante 20 años. Comenzó con un proyecto para mejorar las opciones de nutrición de la comunidad en Oakland, organizando vendedores locales de alimentos móviles en lo que ella llama "la nueva industria de comida sobre ruedas".

The unemployment rate for Hispanics in the U.S. has returned to a historic low last seen more than a decade ago, though other labor market measures show this group has not totally recovered from the Great Recession, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.