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When Reyna first started with En Vía she tried out several types of business (making tortillas and weaving), but with a true entrepreneurial spirit she was keenly aware of her work-to-income ratio and sought out a business where she could see more profit for her time. Which is not to say that Reyna shies away from hard work; she has found her niche making fluffy, mouth-watering, sweet tamales. The process of making tamales starts the night before when she de-kernals the corn and cooks it with limestone to make mixtamal. Reyna lives at the top of a hill on the outskirts of Teotitlán. Until recently she would wake up at 5am to walk down the hill to the closest mill to have her mixtamal ground into masa (dough). Then she would carry the masa back up the hill to prepare the tamales. By 9am she would be carrying her tamales back down the hill to sell at market. With one of her most recent loans combined with savings from her business, Reyna bought a small mill to keep in her home. Now she can sleep in (a little) and grind her masa at home. Reyna also plans to start a side business grinding corn for her neighbors!
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