How 1 SU sophomore created an online bag shop to promote Wayúu art
Chenze Chen | Staff Photographer
When Camila Tirado visited Colombia in December, she saw people toting around colorful woven Wayúu bags. A month later, Tirado started her own business selling them.
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While visiting a friend in December in Bogotá, Colombia, Camila Tirado saw people wearing Wayúu bags — colorful handmade crocheted bags woven by an Indigenous tribe that resides in a region of Colombia and Venezuela called La Guajira.
Little did the Syracuse University sophomore know the trip would result in her starting her own business in January. Tirado, who is from Tijuana, Mexico, is now the founder of Wayúu Bags Shop, a small business in which she sells Wayúu bags for about $50.