Chavela is 40 years old and recently she has moved out with her two kids, now they live in her parents house. she Works as a cook at the local school.

El Plan is part of the region of Santa Elena, It is an area famous for its flowers and a vast part of its population depends on the flower trade. In Easter week it is custom to make flower´s crosses an exhibit them in villages. Also, every year the region celebrates a parade were artisanal flower made sculptures are shown.

Jaime and his wife grow vegetables and sell them directly to the consumer, with door to door delivery. He says that the job is hard, they usually wake up quite early and their working day typically starts at Four in the morning. However they feel that it is a simple way of living, calm and stable.

Marta is a housewife, she helps out her husband with the flowers trade.

Mateo is 16 years old, he dropped school a year ago and wants to become a mechanic, he is a massive fan of the National Football Club, a passion that he inherited from his uncle that died years ago. Football is very popular in rural settlements in Colombia.

Ramiro lives with his wife in his mother’s house, They lived altogether, until Ramiro´s mother passed away 5 years ago at the age of 90. Ramiro feels that is in his rights to Inherit the house and the land that his mother left to him, however he is in litigation with his 3 brothers. The land in this area is rapidly increasing in value . Ramiro has worked the land since he was 5 years old, he grows flowers and sells them every thursday in down town.

Rocio has lived her whole life in El Plan, she lives off the rent from a little store in the village, her husband used to manage the shop before getting imprisoned. Four years ago her son died due to cirrhosis caused from excessive drinking, she still celebrates a mass every year in his memoir.

Silvia is unemployed, however she lives out from the money that she gets from renting out her house to people from the city over the weekends. Part of the village economy depends on weekends tourism of people from the city.