Nine years ago I bought an old farm and found the property abandoned and completely overgrown with dense vegetation. I thought the farm was lost. I grabbed my machete and began to trim back the thick weeds, when to my great surprise, I discovered acres of coffee trees! Coffee farming had been in my family since 1940 with my grandfather in San Francisco de la Paz, Olancho. In 1959, my father initiated some of the first cultivars with the variety Typica, known in Honduras as Indio. In 1998, my father lost the farm due to the catastrophe that Hurricane Mitch left in its wake. Since then I had dreamed of buying my own farm, and after saving for many years, that dream had finally become reality. So after I discovered coffee growing on my farm I named it La Bendición, The Blessing. 

After nine years of hard work restoring the farm, I have expanded to 21 acres, doubled the number of trees with the Costa Rica 95 variety, and planted three additional varieties of coffee. I have diversified my coffee farm with different varieties of coffee, as well as avocado, lime, mandarin, and banana trees. I have experimented with coffee processing methods, including harvesting, resting, and de-pulping times and seen an increase in the quality. I dream of having my coffee placed among the best buyers and having a stable market. 

Being a coffee producer enables me to create work opportunities for other people, to see the efforts of hard work reflected in a cup of coffee. I cherish watching the coffee fields transform when they are in full bloom, basking in the scent of honey from their flowers, and when the coffee cherries have ripened to maturity, experiencing the pleasure of drinking a cup of coffee from my own farm and be able to share it with others. My vision is to maintain the farm and expand, generate additional workers, make a positive impact for the community, positioning my coffee in the best stores, and be a fountain of inspiration for others.