Hot Jam: A Chilean Immigrant's Success Story

NPR | By Ari Shapiro

Published March 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Ari Shapiro profiles Pamela Canellas, a Chilean immigrant who began as a Miami club dancer and now has expanded her business into a sought-after dance revue called Hot Jam.

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