Colorado couple closes family restaurant after 31 years as children build careers
A Mexican-American couple in Colorado has closed their family-run restaurant, Los Tarascos, after 31 years of operation. The decision marks the successful culmination of their goal to provide their children with the opportunity to pursue higher education and professional careers.
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This story highlights the immigrant experience and the generational sacrifices made by small business owners to secure upward mobility for their families.
A Colorado couple who moved from Mexico to the US in 1995 with a dream of giving their three children a different future, have closed the restaurant they built over 31 years. Jose and Maria Caballero shut Los Tarascos in Fort Collins, Colorado, after decades of serving Mexican food to the local community.The restaurant close its doors on Wednesday, AOL reported. For the Caballeros, the closure is not just end of a restaurant. It is about the goal that brought them to Fort Collins in the first place- giving their children the chance to attend college, build careers and have lives outside the family business."My motivation was always my children, to give them a better life," Maria Caballero told the Coloradoan in an interview conducted in Spanish.When the couple arrived from Michoacan, Mexico, they brought their three children, Hugo Caballero Jr, Gema Caballero and Priscilla Umbreit.
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