Hector Mejia Zamora | Guatemalan Coffee Farmer & Owner of Cafe Zamora | Ep. 111

In this episode, Sam meets the owner of Cafe Zamora, Hector Mejia Zamora. They chat about growing up in Guatemala, working on his father’s coffee farm, growing his banana business from $50 to $15,000 in sales each month, moving to America, the phrase that made him want to start a business, putting people first, his father going to school with no shoes, getting rid of the middleman, what fair trade actually means, the gap between wealthy coffee farmers and small coffee farmers, and implementing educational programs in his village in Guatemala.