Many of the Latino baby boomers born from 1946 through 1964 are moving into elder years without the possibility of retiring. For instance, Patricia Aristizábal started her business of promotional products two years ago.
Although many of Aristizábal’s contemporaries are about to retire, the Colombian immigrant began a new career. For her, retirement is not around the corner.
“I don’t want to think that tomorrow I'm going to retire, or even in five or 10 years. I think I started to work late and still have much energy and time to continue doing it,” she said.
In the United States there are about 8 million Hispanic boomers, almost10 percent of all who make up that generation, said Fernando Torres-Gil, vice president of the National Council on Disability and director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Recent U.S. Census data show that Georgia has a total of 2.5 million boomers. Of those, almost 80,000 are Latino.
Gaps Between Latino, White Boomers
Torres-Gil, who also headed the U.S. Administration on Aging under President Clinton,has researched this generation. He explained that Latinos boomers have made more progress than their parents, who made sacrifices for their children to enjoy a better life.
According to Torres-Gil, these sacrifices have helped many Latinos reach for the American dream. However, the situation of this generation cannot be compared with their peers of other ethnicities. READ MORE
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