Ramona Diaz' farm is located in San Juan del Rio Coco. She both an excellent coffee farmer and the gender representative at her coop, which is part of PRODECOOP, a large coffee cooperative located in Esteli, Nicaragua. She has a 2.5 manzana (4.25 acre) coffee farm, Finca El Oasis (1250 masl), that she runs with her husband and 4 children. Ramona comes from a family who has worked and loved coffee for generations, and she is passing that love and experience to her husband, who had never worked in coffee before they met.

Ramona’s pride and joy is in the hard work that she has invested into her farm, and the quality of her coffee absolutely reflects that hard work. A significant portion of Ramona’s motivation comes from her family. As a third generation coffee farmer, she obviously sees coffee in her family’s future, and she also believes that the farm is “key to [her] children’s education.”

La finca de Ramona Diaz está localizada en San Juan del Rio Coco y es conocida como Finca El Oasis. Ella no solo es una excelente productora, sino que también la representante de género en su cooperativa, que es parte de PRODECOOP, una cooperativa de café grande localizada en Esteli, Nicaragua. Ramona maneja su finca con su esposo y cuatro hijos, la finca consiste de 2.5 manzanas y se encuentra a 1250 msnm. Ramona viene de una familia que ha trabajado y amado al café por generaciones, ella transfirió este amor y experiencia a su esposo que nunca trabajo en el café antes de conocerla.

El orgullo de Ramona resta en el gran trabajo que ha invertido en su finca, el cual se refleja en la alta calidad de su café. Su familia es la motivación más grande que tiene. Como productora de tercera generación, ella ve el café en el futuro de su familia y cree que la finca es “clave en la educación de mis hijos.”

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