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Kippy Nigh
A native of Colorado, Kippy Nigh first came to Chiapas with her husband Ron in 1970, as students in anthropology (Ron) and art (Kippy). They lived in a Mayan village that first summer, learning to grow corn & beans (Ron) and weave & make tortillas (Kippy) and returned two years later, with baby Asha. Out in the village, Asha learned to speak the Mayan language of Tzotzil, along with her parents, who soon brought baby Amy into the world. The girls thrived among the loving company of affectionate Mayan children, and then baby brother Ian was born, to complete the family.
During their school years, the family lived and worked in Mexico City, where they helped to grow the ecological protection community of Tlalpuente, designed by their compadre, arquitect Octavio Barocio, on the bequtiful forested slopes of the Volcano of Ajusco, overlooking the spectacular Valley of Mexico. While the children studied, Ron and kippy worked in ecological anthropology (Ron) and cartography (Kippy), and built the family home. It was during this time that Kippy learned to play the flute and was invited to join a Mexican Celtic band, called "A Campo Traviesa," which means "Cross Country."
To help make ends meet, when an economic crisis hit, Kippy invested their last 100 pesos in ingredients, made a variety of breads, and sold them at the kids' school, a project which met with instant success. Later on, when compadre Octavio Barocio was designing the Ecological Park of Loreto and Peņa Pobre in Talpan, Mexico City, he invited Kippy to open a whole-grain, organic bakery there as an ecological alternative for the Park´s visitors. Thus, La Casa del Pan was born, in October of 1989.
When the kids grew up and migrated away to college and travels, Ron and Kippy were drawn back south to Chiapas, where Kippy soon opened another Casa del Pan in San Cristobal de Las Casas. Maintaining their home in Tlalpuente, they found plenty of work to keep them occupied in the southern state, so now they migrate between Chiapas, Mexico City, and the US.
AMY NIGH - FOUNDER OF CASA
DEL PAN CUERNAVACA
Amy Nigh with son Benjamin
Amy got a lot of practice, operating La Casa del Pan in Mexico City, when her parents migrated south to Chiapas. She also had lots of fun, giving jobs to her friends in the bakery. (When they had saved some money, they went off and travelled through Europe for 5 months!) When Benjamin was born, she decided to move to rural Cuernavaca and open the third Casa del Pan.
Amy also studies Flamenco Dance and is a talented painter. This Casa del Pan promises to be the best yet! Cuernavaca is called "The city of Eternal Spring," because it constantly enjoys a perfect climate, all year around, and its flowering gardens are a pleasure for all to see.
Benjamin is a budding baker and musician. He speaks fluent Spanish and is now learning English, at the age of two-and-a-half!
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