
IYARINA
Napo-Pastaza, Ecuador
CENTER FOR LEARNING ALLIANCE: Fundación Cotococha | Andes and Amazon Field School | Shayarina Amazonian Resilience

Ayllu Muntun-Minga Style of Collectively working among kichwa relatives and extended indigenous relatives. As nature does, Iyarina functions through a network of family relations and friendships.
Below you'll meet our Family & Friends Staff consisting of our founding team, paid indigenous interns, university faculty, researchers, indigenous knowledge carriers and storytellers.

Elizabeth Swanson Andi
President, Audio Visual Storyteller, Project Coordinator.

Pamela Tapuy Grefa
Office Administrator
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Josefina Andi
Co-Founder, Culinary Artist

Tod Swanson
Director of Iyarina
Indigenous Interns

Cindy Andi
Administrative Assistant

Melania Vargas Andi
Kichwa Language Intern

Kuri Andi Shiguango
Culinary Intern

Santiago Swanson Andi
Conservation Intern & Guide

Jefferson Andi Grefa
Conservation Intern & Guide

Miriam Swanson Andi
Photographer & Videographer

Felix Cerda
NSF Research Intern

Paola Penafiel Andi
Pastery Intern
Knowledge Carriers & Storytellers

Belgica Dagua Andi
Andowa & Kichwa Nationality

Elodia Dagua Andi
Andowa & Kichwa Nationality

Pedro Andi
Kichwa Nationality
Our dear uncle, cousin, friend, colleague, may you rest in peace.

Awahni Guikita
Waorani Nationality

Omanca Enqueri
Waorani Nationality

Ore Nenquimo
Waorani Nationality

Luisa Dagua
Kichwa Nationality

Miguel Vargas
Achuar Nationality
Our dear relative, friend, and colleague may you rest in peace.
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Faculty & Collaborators

Janis B. Nuckolls
Professor & Linguistics

Nely Shiguango
FLAS Kichwa Language Instructor

Lauren Dodaro
Instructor

Annie Preux
Instructor, Medical Anthropology

Armando Muyulema
FLAS Kichwa Language Instructor

Juan Ruiz Macedo
Herbalist, Botanist, Researcher
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David Manuel Navarette
Associate Professor of Sustainability, ASU.

Georgia Ennis
Instructor
Iyarina Andi Family & Staff

Josefina Andi

Estela Andy

Elsa Andi

Pricila Andi

Carmen Andi

Abel Andi

Eddy Andi

Alejandro Andi