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'We can’t complain and do nothing': How this Phoenix chef landed in 2 Biden campaign ads

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Arizona RepublicView Comments. Now the outspoken Phoenix chef is taking her story to Joe Biden's presidential campaign.Latinos are projected to make up almost this year and Esparza hopes they can help topple Donald Trump's reelection bid.Earlier this year Esparza joined the local chapter of the Biden campaign's . The chef appeared in two bilingual advertisements that aired in Arizona, and In the videos, Esparza lays out her personal struggles, from keeping workers employed at her struggling restaurant to canceling her health insurance after getting treatment for a terminal illness. She encourages people to vote for Biden, who she believes will improve health care and support small businesses, unlike Trump.'BURN DOWN THE HOUSE':&nbsp;Biden has expressed support&nbsp;for protecting the Affordable Care Act and passing the HEROES Act, a that would provide $120 billion in grants for restaurants and the second round of stimulus checks."If I have to put myself at risk and alienate myself from my customers, I have to be OK with that," Esparza said. "It won’t be the first time I do that."Esparza said she can no longer be the "happy, safe Mexican," a role of neutrality she shed 10 years ago at the height of anti-immigration policy When she publicly denounced Arizona's "show-me-your-papers" law, it led to her losing customers, which hurt, she admitted."Chefs play it safe for that reason, the bottom line of their pocketbook," Esparza said.MEET SILVANA:She remembered the sense of doom she felt in 2016 when she woke up and realized Trump had won the presidency. During his campaign, Trump referred to Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and promised he would make Mexico pay for the border wall, a promise which didn't happen.Esparza said she couldn't — and won't — vote for someone who uses her culture like that to campaign.There's so much politics in food, she added, from the mistreatment of farmworkers to the , yet don't have equal protections."We can’t complain and do nothing about it," Esparza said. "The fun part of being an American, we get to vote. Complacency can be cured." Reach the reporter at . Follow @priscillatotiya on and . to azcentral.com today to support local journalism.View Comments

Arizona RepublicView Comments. Now the outspoken Phoenix chef is taking her story to Joe Biden's presidential campaign.Latinos are projected to make up almost this year and Esparza hopes they can help topple Donald Trump's reelection bid.Earlier this year Esparza joined the local chapter of the Biden campaign's . The chef appeared in two bilingual advertisements that aired in Arizona, and In the videos, Esparza lays out her personal struggles, from keeping workers employed at her struggling restaurant to canceling her health insurance after getting treatment for a terminal illness. She...

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