{"id":21629,"date":"2025-11-26T03:51:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinoccu.org\/?page_id=21629"},"modified":"2025-11-26T04:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T04:11:30","slug":"meet-alberto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/latinoccu.org\/es\/about-us\/mission\/meet-our-members\/meet-alberto\/","title":{"rendered":"Conoce a Alberto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cuando Alberto y su familia llegaron a Estados Unidos en 2001. Reci\u00e9n instalados, un amigo cercano les habl\u00f3 de un lugar donde pod\u00edan encontrar apoyo real, transparente y en su idioma: la Cooperativa Latina. Siguiendo esa recomendaci\u00f3n, se hicieron socios apenas seis meses despu\u00e9s de llegar al pa\u00eds. \u201cFue f\u00e1cil, fue honesto\u2026 y desde el primer d\u00eda sent\u00ed que estaba en el lugar correcto\u201d, recuerda Alberto.<\/p>

Desde entonces, por m\u00e1s de dos d\u00e9cadas, la cooperativa ha sido parte esencial de su camino. Con una sonrisa, cuenta c\u00f3mo LCCU le abri\u00f3 puertas que en otros lugares parec\u00edan imposibles: sus primeras tarjetas de cr\u00e9dito, pr\u00e9stamos, la compra de sus carros, y sobre todo, la confianza que nunca le negaron. \u201cNunca tuvimos problemas. Siempre atentos a nuestras necesidades. Estoy conforme, muy conforme.\u201d<\/p>

El sue\u00f1o de tener un negocio propio no naci\u00f3 de la noche a la ma\u00f1ana. Abby\u2019s Empanadas<\/a> lleva el nombre de su hija mayor, Abigail, y comenz\u00f3 como muchos sue\u00f1os en nuestra comunidad: desde casa, con esfuerzo, perseverancia y mucha fe. \u201cVend\u00edamos empanadas en la iglesia, a los amigos, a quien las quisiera probar\u201d, recuerda Alberto. Durante a\u00f1os, la falta de documentos, las limitaciones y la realidad del d\u00eda a d\u00eda hac\u00edan que el sue\u00f1o siempre se viera lejos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hasta que finalmente, en diciembre de 2023, las puertas del restaurante se abrieron en Spring Lake, NC. Hoy, Abby\u2019s Empanadas<\/a> es un peque\u00f1o tesoro local: aut\u00e9nticas empanadas artesanales hechas en familia, servicio c\u00e1lido y una clientela fiel que crece cada d\u00eda. Alberto habla con orgullo del esfuerzo detr\u00e1s de cada paso: \u201cNo es solo buena comida. Es servicio al cliente, es administraci\u00f3n, es actitud. Es un proceso d\u00eda a d\u00eda. Y gracias a Dios, hemos sido bendecidos.\u201d<\/p>

El restaurante no es solo un negocio: es un legado. Su esposa Maria, chef principal, lidera los rellenos y las recetas. Sus hijos tambi\u00e9n participan: uno hace las masas, otros trabajan en el food truck, y todos entienden que est\u00e1n construyendo algo que un d\u00eda quedar\u00e1 en sus manos. \u201cYo no voy a durar para siempre.. .. Esto es para ellos.\u201d La familia trabaja seis d\u00edas a la semana, desde temprano en la ma\u00f1ana hasta caer la tarde. Con sacrificio, trabajo duro y una fe inquebrantable, han levantado un negocio que naci\u00f3 del coraz\u00f3n y se sostiene con dedicaci\u00f3n.<\/p>

Hoy, Alberto sue\u00f1a con expandirse, abrir m\u00e1s locales y seguir creciendo con prudencia, paso a paso. Sabe que la cooperativa seguir\u00e1 siendo parte fundamental del camino. \u201cLa cooperativa confi\u00f3 en m\u00ed desde el principio, antes de que hubiera n\u00fameros que mostrar. Eso es lo que importa.\u201d \u00c9l imagina un futuro donde LCCU pueda abrir productos para negocios y as\u00ed apoyar a\u00fan m\u00e1s a los emprendedores hispanos que est\u00e1n impulsando la econom\u00eda local.<\/p>

La historia de Alberto Lagos y Abby\u2019s Empanadas es un recordatorio del impacto real y profundo que la cooperativa puede tener en la vida de nuestros socios. Es una historia de agradecimiento, trabajo, sue\u00f1os y oportunidades, y sobre todo, del poder transformador de una comunidad que se apoya entre s\u00ed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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