Empowering Women - in Cacao, Chocolate and Growing Communities

COAGRICSAL, Honduras - Snacking Cacao Team

Nolvia Mejía, COAGRICSAL, Honduras

If you are a fan of our best-seller Harmony 65%, thank Nolvia. Her powerful story is a must-read to understand the depth of her "nothing is impossi...

Herdiani Baharuddin, Director, Cokelat Chalodo, Indonesia

Ani is a trailblazer for what's possible for the next generation in cacao and chocolate. She dreams their local chocolate will be on par with Belgi...

Sandra Marleny Soriano Ortega, Finance Management, COAGRICSAL, Honduras

Marleny's presence is integral to the life of COAGRICSAL. She has been there since Day 1 and brings a uniquely feminine perspective, energy & b...

Ayu Antariksa Rombe, Chair[wo-]man, Koptan Masagena, Indonesia

Ayu has pioneered with us since before the beginning. She is true servant leader who was elected the first female head of a farmer co-op in her reg...

Sandra Bueso, Quality Control, COAGRICSAL, Honduras

In working with Sandra, it feels like she is equal parts mind-reader and magician to create that mild, nutty flavor and signature banana note we of...

Shattell Chocolate

As Peru's first female bean-to-bar chocolate, Lisi Montoya has a hearty disregard for the “impossible.” Just 8 years after founding her factory, sh...

The Alliance of Rural Communities (ARC)

While the world continues to simply talk solutions, Gillian Goddard and her counterparts are actively working to enlarge the pie for the entire coc...

Mamá Cacao Chocolate

Juliet Davey is taking everything she knows and sharing it – empowering local Costa Rican female farmers to make and sell their own tree-to-bar cho...

Mashpi Chocolate Artesanal

So often, I see examples of companies that are either environmentally or socially minded. Mashpi Chocolate Artesanal in Pacto, Ecuador is a great e...

‘57 Chocolate

When I first heard the story of “two sisters,” I imagined See’s Candies, granny-types... I did NOT picture the young, dynamic and powerful Addison ...

Belú Cacao Chocolate Artisans

Emily Urías is the first female bean-to-bar chocolate maker in El Salvador. She sources ingredients directly from Salvadorian cacao farmers and a l...

Luisa Abram Chocolate

Luisa is a fearless visionary. She’s possibly more committed to direct, sustainable, wild sourcing than she is the craft of chocolate making. And i...