NATALY CAPACYACHI


Location: Huancayo, Peru
Altitude: 3,259 masl
District: Huancayo
Province: Huancayo
Region: Junín

Huancayo, located in the heart of the Mantaro Valley, is a region historically shaped by pre-Hispanic cultures such as the Wankas and Xuaxas. These civilizations left behind a rich cultural legacy that continues to evolve through generations, particularly in textile traditions that remain central to local identity. Garments from this region are not merely functional—they are deeply symbolic, representing history, status, and belonging.

Within this cultural landscape emerges the story of Nataly Capacyachi, part of a family widely recognized in the region for its longstanding dedication to textile and embroidery practices. The Capacyachi family has built a reputation over time through consistent craftsmanship, technical mastery, and a strong connection to the visual language of the Mantaro Valley. Their work reflects a continuity of knowledge that has been preserved and refined across generations.

Nataly belongs to this lineage of embroiderers and is an heir to traditions rooted in the Mantaro Valley, where embroidery plays a fundamental role in the creation of garments associated with festivities, rituals, and everyday cultural expression. From an early age, she was immersed in these practices, learning not only the techniques but also the meanings behind each motif and composition.

Her work is part of a broader family dynamic in which textile production is both a cultural practice and an economic activity. In regions like Huancayo, families such as the Capacyachi are key to sustaining local craftsmanship, contributing to the transmission of knowledge and the continuity of identity through textile arts.

Today, Nataly continues to develop her craft within this legacy, maintaining the precision, detail, and symbolic richness that characterize embroidery from the Mantaro Valley. Each piece she creates carries forward a tradition that is both personal and collective—one that speaks of territory, memory, and the enduring value of handmade work.


OUR POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT

We have built a business model based on the quality of life of our collaborators, starting with fair salary payments. We generates employment cocreating with artists from vulnerable areas of different provinces of the country.
More than 23 popular artists from Ayacucho, Huánuco, Huancayo, Cusco, Pucallpa, Lima and Arequipa are benefited by our teamwork with the craftsmen.

COMMITMENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

We have an environmental, health and safety policy that establishes group goals for key environmental aspects. To promote the responsible consumption and to educate our community so they will value the environment as we do. We produce 3 collections a year. We reuse all the waste of our raw material, making accessories or dolls.The materials we use come from sustainable sources, as well as the wastes of deadstock materials from the textile and leather industry.

2025 - 2026 AIDER & NIIBIRI

The main objective is to promote the conservation of the Amazon forests, where families of native communities of the Shipibo Conibo and Cacataibo ethnic groups live, and to contribute to improving their quality of life.
We will achieve this by working hand in hand between NIIBIRI, AGUSTINA, and AIDER, in the development and co-creation of "Products with history", which come from a sustainable management of natural resources, through the Forestry Alliance initiative.