Meet Johanna Mejía - Guardian of Ancestral Cacao

Johanna Mejia is a fifth generation ancestral cacao farmer, born in the cacao forests of the Dominican Republic. More than a farmer, Johanna is a healer, ceremonist, activist, artisan, singer and planter of criollo cacao, dedicated to protecting the original cacao seeds and preserving the sacred legacy of her ancestors.

After years of traveling in Europe and learning from renowned chocolatiers and plant guardians, Johanna returned to her homeland to cultivate non-hybrid criollo cacao, processed to the origin with ceremonial standards, and made by the hands of wise women in her community.

She is the founder of Bonita Cacao, a project that links cacao with healing, forest regeneration and female empowerment. Her mission is to offer the world ceremonial grade cacao that is authentic, vibrant and full of intention, honoring the rhythms of nature and the soul of native peoples.

Through ceremonies, workshops, music and earth medicine, Johanna shares her vision of a more conscious, grounded and loving world.