Francisca Hernández Méndez learned to embroider from her mother starting at the age of 8. Almost all the women in the village learn to embroider to have money for the children and the house. They make our own embroidered clothes and also embroider garments to sell. Everyone has their own style and fashion changes a little over the years but they also make traditional pieces like my mother's or my grandmother's. 

For a short time she worked with an NGO called Impacto but didn't feel she was learning anything new and so she left to return to work with her mother.

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Calle Principal S/N, Aguacatenango, Chiapas 

5531136678 franciscahernandez8764@gmail.com