{"id":708,"date":"2026-03-18T15:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elpueblo.online\/en\/?page_id=708"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:31:00","slug":"the-founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elpueblo.online\/en\/the-founders\/","title":{"rendered":"The Founders."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-2040601\" data-block-id=\"2040601\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:40px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meet Pia Messerschmitt, co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/elpueblo.online\/en\/our-why\/\">El Pueblo<\/a>, journalist, and creative thinker with a passion for <a href=\"https:\/\/elpueblo.online\/en\/pia-messerschmitt\/\">new ways of living<\/a> together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> She currently lives in the Algarve, Portugal, and is working on creating a place for community, nature, and future-oriented thinking with El Pueblo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe0a7de2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elpueblo.online\/pia-messerschmitt\/\" style=\"border-width:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>More about Pia<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elpueblo.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pia-Messerschmitt-2.webp\" alt=\"Pia Messerschmitt\" class=\"wp-image-843\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--sharp)\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\" style=\"margin-top:-100px;margin-bottom:-100px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elpueblo.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Anni-Lopez.webp\" alt=\"Anni Lopez\" class=\"wp-image-844\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--sharp)\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-left:30px\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meet Anni Lopez, co-founder of El Pueblo, mother of two, and a woman with extensive life experience spanning travel, entrepreneurship, and a fresh start in the countryside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, she lives in East Frisia and is committed to a more conscious, independent life and new forms of community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-0521f32\" data-block-id=\"0521f32\"><style>.stk-0521f32 {height:25px !important;}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-f336ab68 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elpueblo.online\/anni-lopez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>More about Anni<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Pia Messerschmitt, co-founder of El Pueblo, journalist, and creative thinker with a passion for new ways of living together. 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