Lift Speaks

Martin Rojas is founder of Alas de Dios, Wings of God, and President of US Roast, Coffee with a Cause.  Energetic. Adventuresome. Generous. Martin has experienced the adventure of saying “yes.” Martin’s “yes” started with a last-minute trip to the jungles of Nicaragua and over a 10-year period, has led to starting a school for children who live on the trash dumps. And, oh yes, in the middle of all this, he has started a coffee plantation to support this work . . . which led to a “yes” to being President of US Roast.  It’s a “you just can make this stuff up” type of story.   I started the non-profit, Alas de Dios, because . . . we were given this amazing land to steward and we felt that we needed to affect children’s lives, not just two or three times per year when we could visit them in the jungle, but every single day through a school where we could feed them physically, spiritually, and mentally.   The thing I find most rewarding is . . . watching the kids grow up and knowing that their minds, hearts, souls