Noe Rueda tells Alex Fernandez about launching his first business venture.

StoryCorps Shorts: Making It POV

Premiered November 28, 2013
StoryCorps Shorts: Making It

Nineteen-year-old Noe Rueda grew up on Chicago’s West Side. He is the oldest of four siblings raised by a single mom. As a boy, Noe watched his family struggle and decided to help. Noe told Alex Fernandez, his high school economics teacher, about launching his first business venture — selling discarded cleaning products from a nearby factory.

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