“When asked why she decided to start a small beadwork company in 2010, Cynthia Chuidian Medina simply answered: “We want to uplift the lives of farmers at the grassroots level.” The year before, Cynthia and her husband Rene had made the decision to move away from the hustle and bustle of city life. After working continue reading : Empowering the Community: How JCS Beatus Trading Evolved to Focus on Local Products and Skilled Workers