FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home
FAR OUT #72 ~ Don't ask 'why me?' ask 'for what?' with Mayan entrepreneur Anita Cortez Chac
Episode Summary
Anita is a force to be reckoned with. She began her business career at eight after she sold her first banana to a gringo on the streets of San Pedro and she's never looked back. In her early twenties she walked away from a life that had no place for her in it, becoming a single mother and an outcast. Anita shares her journey through adversity and how it has made her who she is today: a successful female role model who's mission is to improve the very community that once shunned her. Both uplifting and heartbreaking, her story gives a window into what it was like to grow up as a Mayan woman in a small town in Guatemala. Its a story you don't want to miss.
Episode Notes
Listen and explore:
- How Anita started her first business selling bananas
- The money machine that as a child, Anita imagined every Gringo had
- Her successful journey as a female entrepreneur despite encountering deep resistance every step of the way
- The difficult times Anita went through when she left her husband with her baby son in tow and not long after was also banished from home by her mother
- How Anita found God when she hit rock bottom
- The gifts Anita was given by strangers on her journey and the way she passes them on to new generations of Guatemalans
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Credits:
- Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
- Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)