{"id":23097,"date":"2016-08-31T16:36:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T20:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=23097"},"modified":"2020-03-30T22:44:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T02:44:19","slug":"in-mexico-city-college-friends-give-back-to-communities-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/in-mexico-city-college-friends-give-back-to-communities-in-need","title":{"rendered":"In Mexico City, college friends give back to communities in need"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 13 years ago, three students at Mexico City’s Universidad Marista took courses that opened their eyes to social injustice in Mexico and Central America. That was when they decided to build something greater than themselves.<\/p>\n

After college, Miguel \u00c1ngel Rosales and his friends Gustavo Agui\u00f1aga and Edgar Hern\u00e1ndez founded Opus Comunicaci\u00f3n<\/a>, a multimedia company that provides photo, video, and graphic design services.<\/p>\n

But Rosales says that their main aim is to \u201ceducate people about social causes.\u201d Once the companies they work with turn a profit, Opus Comunicaci\u00f3n helps them give back to communities in need.<\/p>\n

The Mexico City-based company has continued to grow, gaining three new employees in the process. The WeWork Varsovia<\/a> members have collaborated with like-minded people on several eye-opening projects, including a documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of sweatshops in Honduras, exposing the harsh treatment of the women who work in them.<\/p>\n

Rosales says that he and others at Opus Comunicaci\u00f3n aren\u2019t afraid to roll up their sleeves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe traveled to Central America and worked with organizations that defend people\u2019s rights,\u201d says Rosales.<\/p>\n

With the opening of WeWork Varsovia, Opus Comunicaci\u00f3n plans to join forces on projects with other members.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoworking is new in Mexico City, but we want to try this new way of working,\u201d Rosales says. \u201cWhen you\u2019re just in an office, you\u2019re isolated. But in WeWork, you have contacts. This will give us then chance to be present all the time with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About 13 years ago, three students at Mexico City’s Universidad Marista took courses that opened their eyes to social injustice in Mexico and Central America. That was when they decided to build something greater than themselves. 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