Friend of Just Coffee, Julia Baumgartner is traveling throughout Central America in the coming months.  During her travels she will be blogging here on our website.   Julia Baumgartner is home grown in our lovely state of Wisconsin and hails from the great city of Milwaukee.  Her long standing involvement and dedication to understanding other cultures lead her to graduate from UW Madison with a degree in Sociology and Spanish.  During her time in Madison, Julia has dedicated her time to bridging cultural barriers with the Hispanic community through education, advocacy, sports, and gardening.  With exceptional skill as a translator, advocate, and listener, Julia has become a trusted voice in the Hispanic community here at home as well as abroad.  While Julia has lived and traveled throughout South and Central America, this year her travels take her to familiar ground in El Salvador.  Over the past eight years she has developed close ties with a number of communities in this South American country.  This time she goes with a new set of eyes as she brings us with her in her adventures through the city and county and the people who live and grow food there.   Thanks for reading her blog and keep the comments coming.