Lavinia

Lionel Sosa
Lavinia
Oil on Linen
24" x 30"

The word for entrepreneur in Spanish
is emprendedor, or “someone who
gives light to something new.”

In the case of businesswoman,
the word becomes, emprendedora.

To me, that means, the giver of light.

Lavinia is like so many women in
Mexico, often viewed as a simple
street vendor.

But she is much more than that.

She’s an artist, a businesswoman,
a wife, a mother, a homemaker, and
the main breadwinner in the family.