A small business owner in Brooklyn is celebrating and sharing the beauty of her culture by running a gift shop that sells handcrafted work made by artisans in Mexico.

“We’ve got these gorgeous hand-painted vases, with the Catrín and Catrina,” Luisa Navarro, a Mexican-American entrepreneur, said as she picked up a unique Day of the Dead-inspired item.

What You Need To Know

Mexico In My Pocket in Brooklyn supports Mexican artisans by selling handcrafted work imported from Mexico

Luisa Navarro opened the shop to promote and highlight positive representations of Mexican culture

Navarro is a former journalist who uses storytelling on social media to attract customers to the store

She owns a boutique gift shop in Carroll Gardens called Mexico In My Pocket, which supports hundreds of artisa

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