My journey began at four years old, when I attended my first Sundance. That early experience of sacred gathering lit a lifelong fire in me – an embodied sense of homecoming to Earth, Spirit, and community. As I grew older, this path widened into studies and initiations with curanderas, ayahuasqueros, wachumeros, and ceremonialists throughout the U.S., Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Europe, and beyond. I learned not just through textbooks or formal programs, but through sitting at altars, making offerings, apprenticing in kitchens and gardens, and listening to the plants, the prayers, and the people who carry them.

I also returned to the traditions of my Mexican lineage, studying curanderismo with family and community elders. These teachings tethered me to something ancient yet alive—reminding me that healing is not simply personal, but collective and cultural.

Eventually, I sought training as a clinical herbalist in the Western tradition to further bridge ancestral plant wisdom into dialogue with modern herbal frameworks. This synthesis became the foundation of Teyolía, a project rooted in ritual, healing, and the sacred intelligence of the Earth.