Growing up in Costa Rica in the 1980´s Sindy first met the Arabica coffee on the coffee plantations of the Tres Ríos Mountains, located on the outskirts of San José.

Like many young girls in Central America in this period this way of life created an emotional bond between Sindy and nature, but also an honest and worthy way of making a living. The money she earned enabled her to buy books, uniforms and school supplies. By the age of nineteen years old she continued with the seasonal coffee harvest work and her education. But now she also did it for her two young children.

By 2009, Sindy carried out one of her dreams of youth, she opens her first coffee shop and moved to the capital founding her own micro-enterprise and providing a better future for her family.

In 2013 Sindy and her small family made the move to Los Santos area, this beautiful and picturesque mountain region world famous for its incredible Arabica coffee. Opening a café and convenience store with merchandise made locally from the community of Los Santos and of course the amazing coffee of Tarrazú, world-renowned coffee for the flavor and aromas this is because of the fertility of the soils of volcanic origin, its height and the perfect combination of dry and rainy season.

After living there she discover unhappiness and irregularities in the community, she decides not to sit idly and ran for the seat of Councilwoman. Achieving this she organized her community to be the ones who determine and solve local needs and problems. It is here she becomes a minority leader and her voice is forged.

By deciding to organize and improve local labor options for women, Sindy created a project of inclusive businesses in export coffee from Tarrazú, allowing the people of the community to contribute value to the supply chain. With a main focus on education and being an eco-friendly enabling the families of the communities to achieve a better quality of life.

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