Longest volunteer standing

One of the wonderful things about En Vía is that it isn't only the entrepreneurs who benefit. Over the years we have had many hundred volunteers. Some come for a few special months and then move on. But we're lucky enough that many others stay. For years! Susan Bean Aycock has been with En Vía…

Touching the Earth

For red clay potter Elia Mateo Martínez, her work mixes art and feminism with a strong element of spirituality in a vessel more than seven generations old. By Susan Bean Aycock

Antonina Antonio Morales

Antonina Antonio MoralesPhoto: Alyce Biddle Energy, resilience and good humor - they're the qualities that strike everyone who visits Antonina in her immaculate hardware store, a popular stop on an En Vía tour. And this is despite the fact that, for most of the past five years, she has been caring for her bedridden husband…

The founders’ story: En Vía’s early days

Like most things in life, En Vía came to be through a combination of proactive choices and the serendipity of chance in the events and relationships that followed. Susan Bean Aycock caught up with En Vía’s founders Carlos Topete and Emily Berens - Emily in Cleveland, Ohio, and Carlos in Tokyo, Japan - to hear…

An exciting new step for En Vía

As winter approaches and there's no sign of the pandemic abating, it's a test for everyone’s resilience.  The female entrepreneurs we work with are having to adapt; so are we at En Vía.  We are acutely aware that the womens' needs are growing and so are always looking for new ideas of how to support them.…