FEATURED ARTISAN

Born in 1966 in Ayacucho, Peru, Dionisia Ramos has lived most of her life in poverty. Her mother was mysteriously poisoned (allegedly by a relative over a land dispute) and died when Dionisia was only seven. Her father remarried and sent Dionisia to live with relatives in the outskirts of Lima, which is the capital of Peru and the home to over 7 million people. She was quickly put to work selling fruit with her uncle on the streets of Lima.

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