TikTok's Latina "cleaning queen" on her success

• Domestic workers are three times more likely than others to live in poverty, according to data from the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Details: Amaro has worked cleaning houses for over eight years in the Austin, Texas, area. She began sharing cleaning tips on TikTok when the pandemic hit and many domestic workers were left jobless.

• The self-proclaimed "cleaning queen" has since amassed 5.8 million followers in her Spanish-language account and 5.5 million in her English-language one.
• Her videos include everything from best practices for cleaning grout to discussions about being mistreated on the job.
• Amaro has landed a sponsorship with Clorox and her own line of cleaning sponges, which are sold in Mexico and the U.S.
• She’s been able to buy a house with the proceeds, she said.

What they’re saying: “Us Latinas in the U.S. still get looked down upon,” Amaro told Noticias Telemundo, adding that it used to make her feel like her work was shameful.

• “Our worth comes from who we are inside, not what we do.”