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, Entrepreneurship, Environment

Tags
business development, business models, food systems, social business, social enterprise, social impact, tourism, travel

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