Truckin' Along

An award-winning 18-year-old, in opening a food truck, drives home with some important business lessons.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 12:00 p.m. June 24, 2021
Mark Wemple. Gabriela Gonzalez-Duarte, recently opened a food truck in Bradenton.
Mark Wemple. Gabriela Gonzalez-Duarte, recently opened a food truck in Bradenton.
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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Gabriela Gonzalez-Duarte never thought she’d grow up to be an 18-year-old entrepreneur running a food truck straight out of high school, but here we are.

 

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