The Sierra Mixe of Oaxaca is home to the Mixe People, an indigenous group living a communal lifestyle in the mountains. Previously, tourism to this region had been extremely limited or nonexistent.

12 years ago, María Reyna González López left her Mixe community in Santa María Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca to become an opera singer and chase her dreams. At the beginning of her artistic journey, the ...

The recent opening of Mixé proposes more questions than answers, or solutions, for Oakland’s struggling dining scene. The restaurant, which “features”—but doesn’t focus on—“Oaxacan fare,” replaced ...