influential women
Nov 10, 2024
Meet your farmer: Amilsa Aguilar
For our final entry in our Meet Your Farmer series, we're introducing you to Amilsa, a small entrepreneur, an active member of the church and a loving mother and wife.
Oct 29, 2024
Meet Your Farmer: Doña Maritza Roque
Maritza is a woman who embodies the term fabulous.
Oct 21, 2024
Meet Your Farmer: Sucy Donis
Like everyone in Las Flores, Sucy grew up in coffee. As a child, her family didn’t own any land, but rather worked as day labor on other people’s coffee farms.
Oct 13, 2024
Meet your farmer: Ana Petronila
We first started working with Ana two years ago, albeit indirectly. We had been contacted by a cooperative, Cooperativa Coatitlán, in the Atitlán region that was looking to highlight its female contributors' work and was hoping we would purchase its coffee.
Oct 3, 2024
Meet your farmer: Ilcia Aguilar
In observation of Hispanic Heritage Month, and because we so excited to release our new Guatemalan whole bean coffee, we want to introduce you to the bold women farmers who grow and create your special roasted-at-origin coffee.
Jun 3, 2024
Celebrating a historic milestone: Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum and the legacy of the Soldaderas
Mexico has reached a pivotal moment in its rich history with the election of its first woman president, Dr. Claudia S...
Mar 27, 2024
International Women's Month Highlight: Wangari Maathai
As we come to the end of International Women's Month, let's close with a woman who wore many hats throughout her life. Wangari Maathai was an award-winning environmental and political activist in her home country of Kenya, founding a movement that spread all throughout the African continent.
Mar 19, 2024
International Women's Month Highlight: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
The first published feminist writer in the Americas was a nun from the 17th century. This week, we continue our International Women's Month series with a look into the remarkable life of poet, philosopher and thinker Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Mar 13, 2024
International Women's Month Highlight: Malala Yousafzai
A quality 12-year education is something we take for granted in the U.S., but many young girls around the world face barriers to the most basic social ladders. This week we are highlighting a Soldadera who has stood on the front lines of the fight for all women's right to determine their own future.
Mar 7, 2024
International Women's Month Highlight: Frida Kahlo
In the first entry of our International Women's Month blog series, we will look into the life of Frida Kahlo, one of Mexico's most influential female artists and an icon for the indomitable spirit of women.
Nov 29, 2023
From Chicas to cup: Why Soldadera is proud to partner with Chica Bean
A lot of coffee roasters talk the talk about fair trade, but Soldadera Coffee is determined to find partner companies that walk the walk.
Nov 15, 2023
Influential Women Q/A: Kavy Lenon
We at Soldadera Coffee make it our mission to uplift women entrepreneurs, and as a minority- and woman-owned coffee company, we are proud to partner with another local beverage brand, ZINI Vodka, for the Grand Rapids International Wine Beer and Food Festival this weekend at DeVos Place.
