Coffee is Connection is a new series that passes the mic to the larger Ruta Maya community, sharing the stories of those feverishly pursuing their ideas–be them artists, entrepreneurs, activists, or academics–and spreading positivity by virtue of their craft. First up, Austin-based painter and stylist Calhan Hale. 

We sit down with Andres Garza, recipient of the first-ever Ruta Maya Coffee Scholarship, to discuss the research project that took him through Guatemala and Belize.

Ruta Maya Coffee Company has announced it will award a $4,500 scholarship to Andres Garza, junior anthropology major at The University of Texas at Austin, to support his study abroad experience on the program Bridging Cultures in Latin America: Maya and Colonial Heritage in Guatemala and Belize.

Austin-based coffee company joins forces with the Shark Research & Conservation Program at The University of Miami to further environmental initiatives.