The Honduran-American Association set out to connect the estimated two million Honduran-Americans living across the United States. The problem was tech. Web dev agencies quoted founder Jay Miranda $5,000+ for a simple nonprofit site, and Wix could not do what he had in mind. Then he found Magic Patterns.

Working mostly by "playing around," Jay built a full website and consular platform now used by Hondurans across the country and abroad. It includes a consular chatbot that answers questions in about three seconds, a searchable map of 700+ Honduran-American businesses, LinkedIn-style diaspora profiles, a bilingual news section that translates the whole site between English and Spanish, and a vetted directory of nonprofits serving Honduras.

The platform did more than connect the community. It opened doors to Honduras's Vice President, Foreign Minister, and Congress, and led to a feature on Honduran national television and a presentation at the UN in Honduras.

"I had a vision in my head that was profound but I did not have the tech abilities to execute it until I found Magic Patterns."

Magic Patterns took the project from roughly 100 hours of working with a designer to about 10 hours. Read the full story of how Jay built it, what the platform does, and where the association is headed next.