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LYDIA GUTIERREZ
Co-founder and president
Hacienda Mexican Foods LLC
Detroit
Country of origin: Puerto Rico
When and why she came to the U.S.: Her parents moved to the mainland when she was an infant, looking for better opportunities.
Why she is an American Dreamer: Gutierrez is president of Hacienda Mexican Foods LLC, which has about 50 employees and $5 million in revenue; chairwoman of the West Vernor & Springwells Business Improvement District board; past chairwoman of the Southwest Detroit Business Association; and a member of the Henry Ford Health System executive board.
Lydia Gutierrez's company operates within blocks of where she attended high school in southwest Detroit - but 1,900 miles from her birthplace in...