In 2023, Mi Oaxaca completed a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) project focused on the lived experiences behind the rapid changes in Oaxaca and the global mezcal boom. Through in-depth interviews and focus groups with Oaxacans across the diaspora—including farmworkers and their children in Oxnard, hospitality workers in Oaxaca, and Oaxacan community members—we documented native and Indigenous experiences, their interpretation of the boom, and the links between identity, culture, and socio-economic changes.

Former research associate, Taty, during a CBPR group interview, Oax. (2023)

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Voices of Mi Oaxaca: Sharing Roots centers the stories of participants as they are. As you read about their experiences, you will find guiding questions that we hope prompt you to think more deeply about the way the stories, ideas and values expressed through these personal narratives relate to your own ideas, beliefs and experiences.