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Chang speaks about creating two nonprofits during the pandemic to help feed frontline workers and to deliver groceries to restaurant workers in need. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Edited by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Camera: Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Shelby Lum/Globe Staff)
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Tracy Chang

Chang is the owner and chef at Pagu, a Japanese tapas restaurant in Cambridge. She speaks about creating two nonprofits during the pandemic to help feed frontline workers and to deliver groceries to restaurant workers in need.

"We are still feeding people, but it’s changed to feeding people who need to eat instead of people who want to eat."

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