NEW BEDFORD - New downtown store owner Fatima Marcelino hopes to open doors to eclectic styles and textiles at her new location at Ambiance Settings Home Boutique at 65 William St.

As an immigrant and a woman of color from Cape Verde , Marcelina was one of nine siblings who immigrated with their parents to New Bedford in 1978. Straight off the airplane, her parents hadn't fully mastered the English language but looked into local schools for their children and got them settled in.

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