From teen single mother to top gourmet chef
Claudette Zepeda overcame huge hurdles to wow the culinary world with her Mexican food. She鈥檚 now seeking to help other single Latina mothers.
Mexican-American chef Claudette Zepeda is now an award-winning culinary star but it wasn鈥檛 always the case. For years she struggled. After becoming a single mother as a teenager, she was holding down three jobs and losing inspiration. But her beloved Aunt Lorenza, famous for her pozole, became her guiding light and gave her the motivation to carry on. Claudette is now seeking to help single Latina mothers break the intergenerational chains of poverty. (A longer version of this interview was first broadcast in August 2022)
Presenter: Clayton Conn
Producer: Maryam Maruf
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com
(Photo: Claudette Zepeda. Credit: Alejandro Ibarra)
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