https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/12/30/opening-up-new-avenues-through-entrepreneurship/

When Teresa Hernandez walks down the aisles of her Mexican party supply shop, she doesn’t just see shelves packed with products like piñatas, traditional Mexican candies and ceramic figurines. She sees what years of determination and grit can get you — even in the face of a tumultuous global pandemic.

Hernandez’s shop in East San Jose, Fiesta Mexxikana, closed in March 2020 when Bay Area health officials issued the nation’s first stay-at-home order. And within a few months, Hernandez had amassed $20,000 in debt due to event cancellations that she had previously booked.