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How a Cambodian Refugee Started a Bushwick Coffee Empire and Communal Hub

Linda Thach went from one coffee shop to running multiple thriving businesses.

How a Cambodian Refugee Started a Bushwick Coffee Empire and Communal Hub

How a Cambodian Refugee Started a Bushwick Coffee Empire and Communal Hub

Linda Thach went from one coffee shop to running multiple thriving businesses.

How a Cambodian Refugee Started a Bushwick Coffee Empire and Communal Hub
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Underneath the rumbling of the JMZ train sits Little Skips. The coffee shop, turned neighborhood hangout and events space, opened in February 2010. Owner Linda Thach had moved to Bushwick two years before and hoped to be an actress. She waited tables at a sushi restaurant, attended the New School for Film, and worked towards her dream, which did not involve coffee.

Then something changed. Her mom passed away and left her some money. Thach “didn’t want to do something unless it would make her proud.” Thach and her family escaped the…

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