Mariela Camacho is the owner and founder of Comadre Panadería, a Mexican American bakery, in Austin, Tejas. She is the proud daughter of Mexican Immigrants and channels her inherited strength, ingenuity, and ancestral knowledge into her work, along with an uncompromising commitment to valuing people’s labor and using humanely and organically produced ingredients.

She found her passion for baking while working in San Antonio restaurants and developed her skills in Austin and Seattle. The first Comadre pop-up was held in Seattle in 2017; the culmination of her homesick isolation from her culture and the need to raise funds for natural disaster victims in Mexico and Puerto Rico. She moved the business to her home state in 2019 and opened her brick and mortar in 2023, with hopes and dreams for the business to provide wholesome nostalgia for her community, and stability for her staff and family (including all of the dogs she wants to adopt).