SOMOS UN TEJIDO
we weave our existence
Maria Lourdes Cambar "Uty" y Linda García
We believe
Our Journey to Waneshi
Maria Cambar and Linda García met while working in the Senate of the Republic of Colombia in 2011. Maria is a Wayuu woman from the Ipuana caste, born in Maicao, in the department of La Guajira, Colombia. Linda Garcia is an Alijuna, born in Ibagué, Colombia and currently residing in the Netherlands.
"Uty" Maria Lourdes Cambar
Co-founder
Story Weaver
Maria studied law at the Free University of Colombia. She has been an ambassador of the Wayuu tribe in the Colombian politics.
In her work, she is responsible for making official the bills written by the senators, during the debates until they become the law of the Republic of Colombia.
She lives between two cultures, the Alijuna and the Wayuu culture. She currently resides between Bogotá and La Guajira, where she is an active member of the indigenous reservation, Una Puchon in the Loma Fresca community.
Linda García
Co-founder
Linda studied International Relations at the Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. Before moving to The Netherlands, she worked in the Senate of the Republic as an assistant to the Legislative Unit of Senator Juan Lozano, in charge of politics and international trade, environment, and migration.
In 2021 she graduated from the international business school of the HAMK University of Applied Sciences in Finland. She developed her research on the interaction between cultural branding, cultural appropriation, and the commercialization of the world-famous Wayuu bag.
Today she is the mother of two children and lives with her family on a farm in The Netherlands.
Graciela Urariyu
Artesana Wayuu
Graciela is 27 years old and is part of the Kamuchesein community. One of the weavers from Waneshi's first creative cycle.