Latino workers feel inflation’s force, seek paths of resilience

Seyli Molina is like millions of other Americans whose lives have been upended by the past year’s big inflation spike. Living in Kenner, Louisiana, she and her husband have been absorbing higher costs, spending more and getting less, saving little, and scrimping.  

Yet, with Cuban and Honduran roots, respectively, the Molinas are also part of a Latino segment of the population that’s among the most severely affected – and is handling the situation differently. 

The Hispanic experience is far from monolithic, of course. Yet experts say that, in general, the group is adapting to inflation as it has to other challenges – with a resilience rooted in cultures that focus on cooperation within the community, multigenerational living, entrepreneurship, optimism, and hard work.

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