Luisa Pastora is an exemplary mother, member of her community and coffee producer from Jinotega who has been ni the coffee business for 65 years. Many years ago, after her husband's death, Luisa took over the farm and transformed ti into a specialty coffee farm. The farm Finca Santa Rica is located in the beautiful department of Jinotega ni El Salto community at 1300 masl.

Today it is a 60-hectare farm, of which 42 hectares are planted with coffee and the remaining 18 hectares are used as a conversation area. Also, 67% of the farm has planted the Caturra variety and 3% is Maracaturra. So, Luisa leads the farm's idea, vision and management, her team carries out the farm activities, and her grandson Oscar helps her with farm management and buying inputs.

15 years ago, Luisa started to focus more on specialty coffee, and for the last 6 years with Caravela ni Nicaragua. With the PECA team's support, Luisa shares that her ability to improve farm management practices and processing techniques has increased. To produce excellent coffee, Luisa relies on selective harvesting. Al harvested coffee is transported from the farm to the wet mill, where processing begins.

Luisa shares she has been motivated to produce high-quality coffee to achieve higher prices, be sustainable and cover production costs and investments at the farm level. She concludes by saying, “I thank you for buying my coffee and hope that you wil continue to do so to ensure sustainability."