In Chiapas, young people in coffee- and cacao-growing communities live in situations of risk and disadvantage that hinder their integral development and limit their opportunities for personal, educational and economic growth. In an effort to improve this situation, Rainforest Alliance Mexico, in 2021, under the project Alliance for Sustainable Landscapes and Markets (APSyM), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), designed a youth training strategy. For one year, with the objective of training, forming and consolidating technical bodies, called Local Managers (GL), two diploma courses were developed with training on agroforestry systems, leadership, harvesting and post-harvesting. This allowed the professional linkage of young people with the Sustainable Cocoa Producers Organization RAYEN and Organic Producers of Tacaná (POT), who produce and market fine aroma cocoa and arabica coffee, respectively, under a sustainable approach.