BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A local McDonald's owner brought together community leaders and students at Prosperity Elementary School in southwest Bakersfield to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month through reading and cultural pride.

Trisha Gallo-Escobar, who owns and operates local McDonald's restaurants, hosted a Hispanic Influencers Reading Event at the school. She was joined by Bakersfield City Councilmember Andrae Gonzales and Ronald McDonald House Executive Director Scarlett Sabin, who all read to students and emphasized the importance of literacy and cultural identity.

"I've done work with them a lot here in town, being so close to one of my locations, actually two of my locations, but you know, a lot of this community sometimes they need a little bit more help, and we want to reach

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