Recently returning to Guatemala after almost 8 years, was an amazing healing and learning experience for myself. I felt reconnected with my culture that felt so distant, yet I longed for everyday. I was grateful to encounter some of the indigenous women who create the textiles I remember embellishing my body in as a child, and continue to carry as indispensable elements of my daily existence. As a child, I was unaware of the intricate significance these textiles hold within the indigenous Guatemalan women’s lives and how complex of a history their work holds. Although my youthful admiration for these textiles primarily emanated from their visual allure, the passage of time has revealed a profound verity. The textiles meticulously crafted from the environment by the indigenous women encapsulate a significance surpassing simply artistic beauty; they embody instruments of economic sustenance, empowerment, and cultural expression.