Maria Mercedes Talavera Flores

This issue of Cuentos features María Mercedes Talavera Flores. With her mother as her pillar of inspiration, María Mercedes is a proud grower from the all-women Nuevo Amanecer cooperative in the Miraflor Nature Reserve near Estelí, Nicaragua. (Nuevo Amanecer is the very first coffee cooperative that Vega began sourcing green coffee from and training members in roasting, quality control and packaging.) María Mercedes’s glowing smile exudes optimism with fresh notes of confidence and strength.