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From Barcelona to the National Stage: How IWCA Spain Built a Pipeline — and Monserrat Cornet Walked Through It
IWCA Spain Kirsten Nelson IWCA Spain Kirsten Nelson

From Barcelona to the National Stage: How IWCA Spain Built a Pipeline — and Monserrat Cornet Walked Through It

When IWCA Spain noticed that fewer than 5% of women competed in national barista championships despite making up 54% of Spain's coffee workforce, they didn't wait for someone else to solve it. They built Espréssate, the first women's barista championship in Spain. Monserrat Cornet won. Then she walked into the SCA Spain National Barista Championship as the only woman in the finals and placed 6th in the country. This is the story of how a chapter built a pipeline, a network built a bridge, and a grant fund opened the door.

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