Friday, December 27, 2024

Joaqu Jim ez, from Mexican migrant to mayor of Half Moon Bay

Joaquín Jiménez, from Mexican migrant to mayor of Half Moon Bay
Joaqu Jim ez knows firsthand the needs of his community and how they live them, as he is originally from Jalisco, Mico. He has made history in the Bay Area, as he is the first Mexican immigrant to become mayor in Half Moon Bay. Photo: P360

 

Joaqu Jim ez has made history in the Bay Area, as he is the first Mexican migrant to become mayor of Half Moon Bay, making his social struggle from a very young age transform into clear goals for a community that is made invisible and forgotten by many for being, for the most part, migrant farmers who suffer from labor exploitation, to whom he seeks to give a voice.

In the thousandth unit of Peninsula 360 Press, Manuel Ortiz conducted an interview with the mayor of Half Moon Bay, Joaquin Jimenez, broadcast during the Peninsula 360 Radio program in collaboration with Marcos Guti rez de