One day in the life of Columba Gutiérrez Andrés

One of our female entrepreneurs opened her home up to me: Señora Columba is a 38-years old women, who lives with her husband and their three children in San Sebastián Abasolo, one of the villages we work with. She has been producing queso fresco for ten years, and she has been part of En Vía…

What COVID precautions teach us about Oaxaca’s Culture.

If you are considering a trip to Mexico right now, you may be concerned about COVID safety and precautions. I know when I was first planning my visit to volunteer with En Vía, I had no idea what to expect. I was triple vaccinated and had just finished college at a school that had the…

De mamás a maestras: From mothers to teachers

The Covid 19 pandemic has brought changes to the daily life of us all.  Many people around the world have had to adapt to the challenges of working at home rather than in an office. This wasn’t the case for the En Vía women, as the majority were already running their businesses from their houses…

En Vía Borrowers Go International in Women’s Day Event Linking Mexico and Canada

Susan Bean Aycock Longtime En Vía entrepreneurs and weavers Isabel Lazo Chávez and Alicia Mendoza Pablo had never touched a computer before, but here they were talking about their work in a zoom webinar that spanned three countries. Some of their handwoven products - from Isabel’s Tree of Life wool table runners and cotton shawls…

First day as an En Vía photography volunteer

By photographer Payton Haynes.  Picking garlic in Abasolo I’m Payton from Atlanta, Georgia. Because of my fervor for farming, I was lured to Oaxaca by its agricultural splendor and the magical foods that come from this place. I was called to En Vía by its intimate connections with people who call agriculture a way of…