Located at the heart of Central America a country rich in culture and due to a lack of a strong central govenrment system, El Salvador suffers horribly from bad press. While gang violence still dominates international headlines – and keeps so many adventurous travelers at bay – the vast majority of this beautiful country remains untouched, unexplored, and unexperienced.By creating mariama, we want to contribute to the development of Salvadoran communities where women with great passion, talent, and creativity work hard to carry on ancient traditions despite the hardships they faced during a long civil war, where indigenous people were a particular target of a US supported military junta intent on carrying out ethnic cleansing.

A country filled with ancestral secrets, where the people are still connected to nature, EL Salvador is a suffering nation. The people of El Salvador are in need of help, and we at mariama stand for that change. Aiming to make a deep contribution with this vision of local development and globalization, I understand that the wide and complex universe of fashion and design has a huge impact yet to be discovered. We still need to understand and experience the gigantic role fashion plays in society. However, it shows two very contradictory sides: glamour and beauty, yet slavery and pollution. Looking back in history, we see that the origins of fashion portray the character of a world built by manual techniques and natural fibers. Design was carried out as a reflection of culture and society.

She wants to embrace her culture from every region through unique intricate designs: of fine geometric shapes, animals, landscapes, flowers that narrates stories and legends. With strong, unique pieces that become like your second skin. Pieces that women can wear day-to-day, illuminating their own natural inner beauty and spirit.Each Peice introduces you to masters of an art that contain wisdom,ancestral secrets, and messages that are transmitted within each piece crafted. mariama reflects the close relationship the Mayans had with nature and their respect and devotion towards the environment, the cosmos, and Mother Earth. We firmly believe the time has come for us, as consumers, to start listening.

“I always loved the way a new piece of jewelry could really make a women feel special and beautiful - the confidence and certain allure that came from these special pieces. I wanted to take that feeling and harness it into my designs, I want to make each woman wearing a piece of my culuture and feel special and beautiful.That's why I designed my line to be bold so any woman can embrace their exotic beauty."