Bianca Encinias

Founder/Owner

With the inspiration and mentorship provided to Bianca by elders involved in the Civil Rights Movement, Poor People’s Campaign, Environmental Justice Movement, and Liberation movements around 2008 Bianca was a co-founder of Los Jardine’s Institute a farm in the South Valley that is part of a larger collective , Agri-Cultura Network, a cooperative, providing locally grown vegetables and herbs to the Albuquerque Public Schools and restaurants throughout Albuquerque. Then in December 2010, with the support of familia and friends, Bianca opened a cultural art space and boutique called El Chante: Casa de Cultura LLC. El Chante: Casa de Cultura is a space made possible by the generations who dedicated their lives to Chican@ Civil Rights and social justice for all people. El Chante: Casa de Cultura LLC provided Bianca with the opportunity to develop a small business with a socially conscious perspective. El Chante: Casa de Cultura has a boutique where local and regional art and apparel is sold, it’s a gathering and meeting space with monthly poetry events and writing circles, and an art gallery with an emphasis on Nuevomexicano cultura and art.