WAPA HANDMADE

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DREAMS COME TRUE! Hi! My Name is Roxana Gomez founder of WAPA Handmade! I am from Colombia and I have lived in the United States since 2012. I attended Texas A&M Corpus Christi University, where I received an MBA in 2015, and then a MA in 2019. While I was enrolled at school, I was the Vice-President of "PorColombia," a Colombian Student Association. This organization was focused to showcase the rich and unique side of our heritage, and at the same time to put together donation campaigns to help those that needed it the most. While our efforts were successful, it became evident that to make a greater impact, we needed to do something that could provide continuity to the people we were trying to help. I then decided to explore a business opportunity that would directly impact one of the communities we had helped through the donation campaigns, the "Wayuu indigenous tribe." WAPA HANDMADE is an online store dedicated to empowering women. Our products are 100% handmade by female indigenous artisans from Colombia. Our items preserve the traditional characteristics of a Hispanic-made product, with a splash of modern fashionable trends. This combination results in the uniqueness of our products and the high satisfaction of our customers. Every Wapa product tells the story of the Colombian culture, history and beliefs. THANK YOU for supporting us!