Grand Rapids Business Journal Restaurant and small business owners lean on Hispanic chamber program for guidance, growth and expansion. Courtesy Transformando West Michigan After taking a break during the craziness that was 2020, Transformando West Michigan returned this year with a new round of classes for its participants. The business training program founded and led by the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and underwritten this time around by Bank of America and Huntington Bank will graduate its spring 2021 cohort — which began meeting virtually on Feb. 1 — on April 26. The Hispanic chamber’s Ana Jose, program manager, and Yesenia Bernal, business consultant, recently spoke to the Business Journal about this year’s iteration of the program, along with four of the 18 Latinx business participants: Paola Mendivil, co-owner of El Granjero Mexican Grill in Grand Rapids; Gricelda Mata, owner of Lindo Mexico Restaurant in Wyoming; Ismael Abreu, owner of Ismael Abreu Agency Inc. (a Farmers Insurance agency in Grand Rapids); and Jose Perez, co-owner of Kiko Studio Salon Unisex & Spa in Wyoming.