Immigrant Success Long Beach Post and PalacioMagazine.com

Leoh Sandoval is a North Long Beach restaurateur and designer. Sandoval is the co-owner of Aguas Way in North Long Beach, a Mexican street food restaurant that opened in 2017 and specializes in Aguas Frescas.

Despite not having previous knowledge in managing a restaurant, Leoh Sandoval successfully opened Aguas Way with the help of his family and friends as well as his own knowledge in designing and building residential, commercial and industrial structures. His skills in design began when Sandoval moved to Phoenix after high school to attend an architectural trade school.

This profile on North Long Beach restaurateur and designer Lionso “Leoh” Sandoval is part of a series exploring the successes of immigrants in Long Beach. Immigrant Success is a collaborative podcast project between Long Beach Post and PalacioMagazine.com. Long Beach Post reporter Stephanie Rivera is the podcast host and Antonio Ruiz is the producer.

Prescilla Tolentino had, by all accounts, a successful bakery business in the Philippines when her husband convinced her to move their family to the U.S. about 30 years ago.

“He said, ‘Why not try it?’ Tolentino said. “So we did.”

They packed up and left everything in their native country to start over--joining relatives already in the U.S. and making a new home in West Long Beach.

This profile on Prescilla and Catherine Tolentino, the mother-daughter duo behind West Long Beach's Gemmae Bake Shop, is part of a series exploring the successes of immigrants in Long Beach. Immigrant Success is a collaborative podcast project between Long Beach Post and PalacioMagazine.com.

Servando Orozco is a longtime active member of the community. He owns three auto repair shops in the greater Long Beach area, serves as president of the board of the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association and donates time and money to various charitable causes. Orozco is also a motivational speaker, consultant and author of the part car manual, part memoir, “Orozco’s “Nuts and Bolts Guide to Understanding Your Car.”