Héctor Gerardo Ibarra

Héctor Gerardo Ibarra
Ruta Origen

Hèctor Gerardo Ibarra, was born in Torreón Coahuila in October 1988. He is a graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana Laguna in the Industrial Engineering Degree. He is certified as Development Instructor by the Richmond Vale Academy of St. Vincent & Grenadines and has collaborated in different international organizations on issues of poverty reduction, development and education.

He is currently the founder of two social enterprises: Astillero 88 and Ruta Origen where he is the strategic director. He is also starting a new social intervention project with coffee producers in the state of Puebla.

He works as a consultant and workshop on issues of social entrepreneurship, development and volunteering.

Articles by Héctor Gerardo Ibarra

Wednesday
August 15
2018

Héctor Gerardo Ibarra

Boosting the Social Impact of Food Tourism: The Keys to a Collaborative Model

Héctor Gerardo Ibarra talks about social entrepreneurship a lot – sometimes to children as young as second grade. He helps them understand the concept by identifying a specific local problem and a solution involving something they already like doing. The same can be said of Ruta Origen, a social enterprise he co-founded to confront unfair payment of Mexican producers, paired with a solution that involves plenty of traveling and eating. In this post, Gerardo Ibarra details a collaborative impact model that is similarly straightforward, but by no means easy.

Categories
Agriculture, Environment

Tags
business development, social enterprise, tourism

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