Meet Hector Luna | Co-owner of El Mictlan

We had the good fortune of connecting with Hector Luna and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Hector, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
El Mictlan is a family owned business, with that being said our family had always been very United. We always get together through thick and thin, in those gatherings the one thing we always share is love for food. Our chef Miguel usually is the one to bless us with his delicious food when we get together as a family. We always talked about how successful we’d be if we started a business in the food industry, the talk and the vision has always been there, but we all have separate life’s so it wasn’t easy to make it a reality. One day we decided to walk the talk and moved across the country from Oregon to the woodlands Tx, and just like that we bought our first food truck and started this amazing journey. We knew that from the jump we would have to make some adjustments being away from our families for long hours, but the vision and the love for food and service became strong and the support from our families sealed the deal to push forward.

What should our readers know about your business?
We consider ourselves entrepreneurs and dreamers. What sets us apart from others is that we truly do what we do with love and consciousness. There is a saying that family businesses always end up in bad terms. We decided to prove ourself that if we do everything with love, we will always solve any issues or miss understandings amongst ourselves. We left everything behind including our homes and jobs to move from Oregon to the Woodlands Tx to put all of our energy and visions into what is now called El Mictlan Vegan & Vegetarian Cuisine.

The last reason why we are set apart from others is that we walk the talk. Our business is a plant based food truck. All of our family is plant based. We truly know the plant based lifestyle from the comfort of our home to the Mictlan’s kitchen and into our customers hands.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
We have been here in The Woodlands Tx area for less than a year therefore we haven’t fully experiences the city, but the places we do go to so often are the surrounding parks and recreational areas. We love to take our kids to the parks to run free and feel Mother nature’s beauty. Besides the parks near, We definitely would take our visitors to downtown Houston to experience All the cool eats in the area. Also a trip to south padre island would be a most!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Our business consists of 3 fathers. Therefore the biggest shout out for our success and drive is for our families. We have our families who have supported us 100% through this journey and have put all of their energy to give ideas, tools and their own hands to make our establishment look as friendly as it looks. We believe family is most important. Thank you so much to Melissa, Liliana, Bety, Brenda, Luis, Teo, Leon, Romeo, Randy, and Brandon for giving us your positive energy and support to make this come true.

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