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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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Teysha Boots Kick Poverty with Every Pair

July 3, 2014

First, you pick your leather. Then, you pick your textile. At Teysha, the Guate Boot experience is entirely personal. Two years ago, Sophie Eckrich and Travis Breihan bought a one-way ticket to Panama in the hopes of starting a business that would help the people. Three months later, they returned to Austin with a business venture they never planned for.