Born on July 25, 1939, in Guerrero, into a poor Amuzgo weaving family. She began to learn how to weave cotton clothing of the area from her mother by the age of 6. "Backstrap" was the method of weaving used in the area...with a strap around the weaver's back then the *"warp" strings attached to a post or tree, creating the tension needed to weave tightly. was Florentina saw the future in weaving and began to sell items in a nearby city. Her reputation built as she taught and took classes in spinning, dyeing, etc. She was the initial founder of the first weaving cooperative for women in her town. She became a community representative and stood up for the rights of indigenous women.
"Tina's" (as she became known) specialty was the white cotton garments with colored *"weft" patterns woven in, as well as "coyuche" the local brown favorite. Special fibers such as silk were used on request. She won several awards for her weaving as well as her community work. Florentina Lopez de Jesus died at age 74 from a heart attack.
**warp-vertical strings in a weaving.
**weft-horizontal strings in a weaving.
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