Eric Chávez Santiago
He belongs to the fourth generation of weavers in his family. He weaved his first carpet at twelve and encouraged his parents to work with natural dyes. He is an university graduate and works, at the moment, for the Museo Textil de Oaxaca (M.T.O) as education director, coordinating the different social collaboration programs, which involve designers, cooperatives y and groups of textile craftsmen in their Oaxaca´s communities and workshops, as well as other initiatives, like the organization of workshops and exhibitions of textile craftsmanship, in which guests masters and textile craftsmen from Oaxaca, México and other countries are invited to share their techniques.