The arrival of elderly Cubans to the United States in recent years, some after overcoming risky land or sea journeys, continues to cause astonishment and admiration, and even more so if, in addition to the proven courage and bravery, the grandparents demonstrate that they are capable of undertaking new goals no matter how old they are.
That is the case of Antonia Milan, a 90-year-old woman who crossed borders to join her granddaughter and great-grandson in Miami, and today is a mainstay in the small family business Tu'a Salad, which the young woman manages. Yany Guerra and she helps to move forward.
The impressive story was revealed by the Cuban journalist Daisy Ballmajó, in her weekly program on Telemundo, “Conectados con Daisy”, which was dedicated on May 11 to the Mother's day.
In a small space inside her home in Miami, Yany - who is a single mother - started her own company, Tu'a Salad.
The business produces - at the request of customers - cold salad, croquettes and other culinary delights, with which the young Cuban entrepreneur is making her way among the abundant and very diverse gastronomic proposals of the city of the Sun.
In the report, the businesswoman shows part of the process to prepare her cold salad, whose recipe does not skimp on either the pineapple or the ham, in her own words. “My salad tastes quite a bit like pineapple,” he says, and “ham is a secret I can't tell.”
Her right hand is her own grandmother, who helps her in the business by making croquettes or supporting her when it comes to washing the kitchen utensils.
“I feel happy because she has done her business, an entrepreneur, I am very happy about that,” Antonia confesses, and smiles, with a face of modesty, when the journalist assures her that at 90 years old, she is also a woman. entrepreneur.
“She helps me if I have to go out to do something. delivery"If someone comes, she starts cleaning..." Yany admits. “And well, the croquettes of course.” Grandma Antonia said that the croquettes she makes are made of chicken, ham, fish or “whatever people ask for.”
One of the premises of the business is “to provide a fresh and quality service.” Yany maintains that his salad “is based on that” and emphasizes: “I guarantee that my salad is fresh. It is order upon order; You order it now and you have it the next day.”
“There are times when I don't even sleep,” he reveals. “Sometimes I go to bed at five in the morning to take the child to school at seven-thirty.”
When the journalist asks him the secret to the success of his salad, he answers without hesitation: “Firstly, I do everything with love. I have thrown away salads because I said 'I don't like this one'. "I'm not going to sell someone something I don't like."
“Putting love, effort and dedication is what makes you advance in everything,” he said.
Yany and Antonia are two of the hundreds of thousands of Cubans who have left their country in search of better days and opportunities, and day by day, they forge stories of achievement and success.
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