Rural Yucatán, Mexico

Maya Youth Artisan Initiative

The Maya Youth Artisan Initiative pairs young women with elder master weavers to learn the nearly-lost craft of preparing, dyeing, and weaving henequen agave fiber on backstrap looms.

An artisan weaves a colorful striped textile on a loom.

This mentorship keeps ancestral technique alive while giving a new generation the skills and confidence to carry it forward.