Savina Salazar Lopez   10/27/1932 - 02/14/2020

is the inspiration behind Savina's Homemade Tamales Co. LLC.
Savina Salazar Lopez:  Was a Brave woman that Birthed 19 Children, by the age of 40, with 2 Sets of Twins. My Self is one of those Sets. In Her Early Years She Learned how to Travel to the U.S Back and Forth, without any problems, she would do this Several Times a Year. She would Travel in the Back of the train wagons, she once told the story “We would get in and put a stick strong enough so the wagon would not close all the way and leave them trapped in, in case that wagon was released they would be able to get out. They did this so many times & so often that they learned how to count time and the stops it would take and make for each town. Depending on their destination they would jump out and continue to their route..., As Time passed, she then Fell in Love and Settled and formed her family In a Small Town Called Tuxpan Nayarit Place where she was Born. It was until 1979 Tired of the difficulties and a Tough Relationship with a Family of 11, She Decided to Cross the Border and see what the Future would bring out. the rest of her children had already Grown up.  I remember her asking us I am going to go far away who wants to stay with your dad and who wants to come with Mom. 11 of us decided to follow her. So off we went. Savina had the opportunity to come to the U, S Multiple times before she got married so she wasn't afraid of challenges, she knew it wasn't going to be easy but it was going be well worth it. In her home town Back in Tuxpan Nayarit Mexico she was already a business person as she had a little mini mart that she ran on her own, she also had several of farm animals she cared for. She knew how to butcher Pigs and cattle for her Store, for her to supply house needs. When she decided to Immigrate, She Knew it was going to be tough for her since she was illiterate, and she didn't know how to write nor read English nor Spanish. but she had little ones who depended on her. When Savina Arrived, she Faced many challenges since she didn't know how to drive, I remember we had to walk to most places., eleven of us Followed like little ducklings behind her. I remember walking the Streets and marking every corner with chalk with a little Arrow to pin point in which direction to go to. I was maybe 5 or 6 at the time so for us it was a game it was fun running to find the Markings on the walls. i also remember walking to A store called "Williams Bros" where a produce employee would always put a box out on the back of the store next to the garbage bin and in that box he would he would place a couple of good veggies on the bottom and rotted ones on top, so people who saw it wouldn't take them  my mom knew he would look out for her and  thanks to this gentleman here we are. it wasn't much but it was plenty to make a meal. this is almost 45 years ago i so faintly remember. wish would have gotten a better story from her but she left us too soon. we weren't expecting her to leave us when she did. as it was all a shock as she was in good health only God knows when it was her time. 

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after that 

Savina joined a religious Christian congregation where she Teamed up with a gentleman there and harvested strawberries Zucchini Chilis and other vegetables.  This was a very hard labor for her since she also had to take care of her little ones the youngest were her set of Twins age 5, she had to think of a way to raise her children without leaving them behind, she then began talking to another Lady from the Congregation and offered her to show her how to make tamales. Savina being a fast learner learned the basics of making tamales. she started to offer them to small groups of people and began making a few sales, after learning the crafting of tamales   Savina changed her recipe and improved the flavors to grow her sales. Savina even taught herself how to drive and obtained her driver's license so she could make tamales deliveries. Savina became fondly known as "The Tamale Lady" 🫔 and her sales continued to grow and her children started to help with sales as she aged. She did this for 42 Years. 

In 2017 I Met a Young Man that was going thru troubles I started helping him with his issues and after 1yr of his and my difficulties, I saw what an amazing Man he was, we started Dating. He was very attentive to my mother. My Mother and Cristobal Built a Fond Relationship, she was like a mother he never had, since his mother and father passed when he was 5-6, Cristobal would go every night and visit her and have a cup of coffee and pan dulce, He would listen to her story’s night after Night, while he waited for me to come home from a night shift of Bus Operator Position that i Had. there are times i would come to her house tired and she wasn't done with her stories and i would lay in her couch till they were done chatting. now how i wished i listened more. i thought i knew them but it seems that i only knew them when she was telling the story, my mother and cris would talk every night after his work Their relationship was so Unbelievable amazing.

In 2019, He asked My Mother if she was O.k. for us to use her name and finally make it a business a Real Tamale Business with her name. She accepted it and we began our journey in 2020.

 After 42 Long Years of her Hard Work, Savina Decided It Was Time To pass on The Business and She supported us By Sharing her Rece pie and Knowledge.  We started our own small business, Milca and her Husband took over and started Making and selling the tamales on their own, By Using Savina's recipe and tradition that her mother once Taught Her. Savina was able to see Her Name and LOGO and could not believe It. My Now Husband Cristobal Before she passed, He Promised Her That her Name and face would be in every Single Tamale that People would eat, just like "Sarita Garcia" A very famous movie star. her face is on A Mexican chocolate my mother was very fond of her.

 *1 Month before she Passed Milca honored her mother Savina, by naming her business, Savina's Homemade Tamales Co LLC,
and not long after 2 years we Made it Happen. Now Every Tamale we make has her Name and logo embedded. This is a big Step for us & With Joy we Celebrate Watching every Bite People Take. ❤️

Even though Savina isn't here with us today to celebrate where Savina's Homemade Tamales has become, she is the inspiration behind the business and is reason why we are who we are today at Savina's Homemade Tamales. 

With out her knowledge and expertise we wouldn't have made it this far... We Luv u MOM... Above and Beyond. She Left us too Soon and Unexpectantly Feb 14, 2020 

Savina has given her recipe to one other daughter 30years ago. but to this date she has not accomplished the quality and enthusiasm that Savina’s would give to her loyal customers,  

Thank You! 

* A Big Thanks to Fire Station #1 that at one point they all Joined in and helped my mother when she was Robbed. They all helped her by pitching in with their own money and surprised her, they were one of her loyal Customers for a Long Time, i was little but i faintly remember her telling the story.  THANK YOU!!!!  

"If any of the firefighters reads this & remembers this event, we would love to know the year it happened, "Maybe 1989"

Savina's Home - Made Tamales Co. LLC.

*The Lord is My Shepard, I Lack Nothing (Psalm 23)