Who is La Broa’s Doña Fefa?: Ode to the mother of the Hispanic community
In the wake of Rafael Trujillo’s regime, Josefina “Doña Fefa” Rosario arrived in New York City from the Dominican Republic. In 1960, she moved to Rhode Island with her husband and became a pillar of the local Latine community. Not long after, she opened Fefa’s Market on La Broa’ (Broad Street), which was the first […]
