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