"One of his biggest goals in life is to share his knowledge and experience with his artisan friends. One of the aspects he loves most about his job is that it enables him to travel. He has gone to destinations such as Cancún, Mexico City, Puebla, and Islas Mujeres. The passion and love for his job have led him to find better ways of selling his work. All of this has stemmed from the invitation to participate in the León XIII Foundation.
"Angelita, her husband Don, and their five beautiful children are all actively involved in the local church. The children are often studying while Angelita sells uniforms at the market.
"For me, knitting is like a hobby because I enjoy it. I also like to take my creativity to flight. I like things to look good, that's why I prefer to be a little slow but detailed. I'm good at creating things. When my mom needs something for the house, I make it or fix it, for example making a window frame or fixing the blender. I'm very good at that kind of thing. I like video games and also playing basketball. On weekends, I get together with my friends to play a bit. In the future, I want to travel to see other countries. I am interested in knowing other cultures throughout the world. Above all, I would love to know something about Asia. I don’t know why I am very interested in that region. I have seen that there is a lot of respect there and their food looks very exotic. I want to save enough money to travel.
"She works the fields and does embroidery for Someone Somewhere with her family and community always present in her mind.
"She and her husband are cheerful and very agreeable people. Always eager to attend local festivities and help with their preparations. That same warmness is given to guests at their home. Where, just like her embroidery, she welcomes her guests with utmost care.
"All my life, I have been in the family business. Before knitting, I was a cook in my family's butcher shop. Now I have been working in my brother's loom workshop for five years, and I don't see myself doing anything else. I began to learn only to help him, but then I started to like it. What I like the most is making figures on bedspreads or curtains. I love living in Oaxaca. My wife has already asked me several times if I would not want to live elsewhere, but the truth is that I like everything about Oaxaca, the food, the culture, its people. When I'm not working, I like to do productive things like housework, trimming the trees, or cleaning the yard. Before the pandemic, I liked to travel a lot, but lately, we have not been out, only to nearby towns and more for work than for vacations. I hope that soon we can go to the beach, my wife is from a village near Puerto Escondido, and every time we go, we like to visit different Oaxacan beaches that are very beautiful.
"In Oaxaca we have everything: gastronomy, culture, music, dance and thousands of magic hands. I would like people to marvel at our handicrafts nationally and internationally, because buyers only see threads, but I would like them to see how the threads are woven, the whole process. We can design and we are updating ourselves. I have participated in Expo Ventas in Mexico City. Before the pandemic we made our products known there. I was happy to see how buyers liked them. What I like to do the most is sell. I used to study medicine and started working in my spare time to pay for my studies.
"I am in love with my children. I have two and they are the most beautiful thing I have. My wife and I are expecting a baby girl. For a long time we were hoping to have a baby girl but it didn’t happen. Then due to the economic situation we decided to stop trying, but at the end pregnancy happened in the pandemic. It took us by surprise. We are very excited about her birth but we know that the situation is complicated. In fact, I was working in the United States for 4 years to improve our economic situation. I thought that I had to sacrifice some time with my family to be able to give them more. When my oldest son was one year old, I had the opportunity to go to the north (USA). At the time I was responsible of my parents and their house, but I wanted to give my son and wife a house for ourselves. That's why I went. I went because of my son and because of him I came back, because he was growing up and I was already getting used to life there. So I chose to come back to be with my family. As you can see, my family is very important to me, that's why I dedicate my free time to being with them. I used to play soccer but now I don't have time. I’m fully dedicated to knitting so I can earn more money. My wife worked in a beauty salon but she left her job because she is worried that the chemical products they use may affect the baby's growth. So now I have to work harder. The important thing is that she is taking care of herself at home. We have always had a very good relationship, we get along very well.
