Astrid Medina

Astrid Medina Pereira (born 9 January 1977) is a Colombian coffee producer who gained international prominence on winning the Colombian Cup of Excellence award in 2015.

Biography Born on 9 January 1977 in Gaitania, Planadas, in the Colombian department of Tolima, Astrid Medina Pereira is the daughter of Aureliano Medina Arce and Rosalba Pereira. She is the fifth in a family of 14 children.

In 2006, together with three younger siblings, she inherited the Buena Vista farm from her father, who had been killed by Marxist rebels. Her mother and one of her brothers had died earlier when they were swept into the river by a landslide near their home. The farm is now owned by Medina, her husband Raúl Antonio Durán (who also comes from a family of local coffee farmers) and her younger sister.

In 2014, Medina started to produce speciality coffee under a scheme for developing late-harvest coffee launched by the National Federation of Coffee Growers. On 13 March 2015, she won the annual Cup of Excellence award for Colombian coffee in a ceremony held in Ibagué, the departmental capital of Tolima.

Personal life Medina's husband, Raúl Antonio Duran, graduated as a veterinarian. The couple have a son and daughter.