About Us
Ensuring that all work honors ancestral knowledge, community values, and the spiritual traditions of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Mamo Cencio
Zaga Josefina
Zagas are the female spiritual authorities within their tradition, carriers of ancestral wisdom and guardians of life’s transitions. Zaga Josefina was chosen through divination before her birth and began her training from infancy. She holds a central role in her community, guiding and educating girls and women through key rites of passage, including first menstruation, birth, and other sacred life moments.
As a spiritual leader, healer, and teacher, Zaga Josefina serves her people with deep care and wisdom. She officiates ceremonies marking union, birth, and death, and works with ancestral medicines and plants to support balance and protection. Through her presence, teachings, and ceremonial work, she helps preserve the living traditions entrusted to her for future generations.
Mamo Cencio is a Kogi spiritual guide from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. A botanist with deep knowledge of native plants, he teaches medicinal plant wisdom within the Kogi tradition and serves his people through ancestral medicine. He travels across Kogi territory to care for communities as a healer, counselor, and ceremonial leader.
Mamo Cencio is also a musician who plays Tayrona instruments and passes on ancestral songs of the Kogi Nation. He is entrusted with the sacred practice of Jatuquá, a water-based method of consultation with nature.
Isabella Mejía
Isakubi is a ceremonial facilitator, herbalist, and community advocate devoted to supporting Indigenous sovereignty, cultural preservation, and reciprocal relationship with land and lineage. Her work bridges ancestral plant medicine, fundraising, and cross-cultural collaboration, shaped through years of direct partnership with Indigenous communities in the Sierra Nevada de Colombia.
Grounded in ceremony and guided by elders, Isabella works to co-create sustainable, community-led projects that honor tradition while strengthening economic resilience. She is fluent in Spanish and English and serves as a translator for Indigenous elders, supporting education, healing initiatives, and the ethical sharing of ancestral wisdom.
Her path is rooted in listening, humility, and devotion to protecting biocultural knowledge for future generations.
