Our Team
Meet The Families Behind The Coffee
Partners in Purpose
Corners Outreach collaborates with Cultivate 435 to bring you ethically sourced coffee that makes a difference. While Corners Outreach focuses on empowering underserved communities through education and job training, Cultivate 435 connects ministry with coffee production. Together, we support sustainable livelihoods for coffee growers and their families. Every purchase of Corners Roasters coffee contributes to this mission, fostering positive change from bean to cup.
Meet the families that make Corners Roasters possible!
The Gomez Family
Alvaro is a Latin boy born in Northern Nicaragua who came to know Jesus through some neighbors. After earning his B.A. in agriculture, he gained success working at a bank and took a chance to live in America. Sarah is a Polish girl raised in Central Wisconsin, passionate about traveling, has made stops across North America, and settled in Minnesota. Alvaro leads Corners Roasters in Atlanta and its the bridge between Corners Outreach, the community and the coffee-growers.
More Than Farmers
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Norlan Leonel Caceres
La Benedicion
Norlan Leonel Cases is a coffee farmer based in La Bendicion, Jalapa Nueva Segovia. This small community is home to some of the best coffee farms in the world, and it's not hard to see why. It sits at an altitude of 1300 above sea level, producing green bean coffee of exceptional quality.
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Luis Moreno
La Benedicion
Luis and his family also have their farm at La Bendicion. This farm has an altitude of 1300 above sea level and produces coffee in the Paca Estrella and Catimor varieties. Luis is one of the leaders in his local church.
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Henry MartÃn Gutiérrez Mora
El Higueron
Today, together with his wife, they have acquired a small farm located in El Higuerón that belongs to San Andrés de León Cortés, with the Tarrazú denomination, which consists of about 22 hectares at an altitude between 1600 and 1950 above sea level.
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Jose Luciano Vilchez Rodriguez
Nicaragua
Quality Control and Director of Cultivate435 Exportadora in Nicaragua
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Denis Misael Rodriguez Zuniga
Jalapa Nueva Segovia
In Las Cumbres, located in Community La Jungla, Jalapa Nueva Segovia, with altitude of 1350 above sea level, this farm produces Geisha and Catimor coffee, Denis and his family are leaders and cofounders of a local church in his community
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Ernesto José Gutiérrez
Achuapa Nueva Segovia
El Sol is located in Achuapa Nueva Segovia with altitude of 1600 meters above sea level with these varieties of coffee Caturra, Red Catuai, Catimor, villa sarchy, with a Cup of Excellence score of 84%. As a family, they are dedicated to the production of coffee, and seek quality minimizing adverse effects on the environment with social responsibility.