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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. 
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Elizabeth Swanson Andi

President, Audio Visual Storyteller, Project Coordinator.

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Pamela Tapuy Grefa

Office Administrator

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Josefina Andi

Co-Founder, Culinary Artist

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Tod Swanson

Director of Iyarina

Indigenous Interns 
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Cindy Andi 

Administrative Assistant

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Melania Vargas Andi

Kichwa Language Intern

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Kuri Andi Shiguango

Culinary Intern

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Santiago Swanson Andi

Conservation Intern & Guide

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Jefferson Andi Grefa

Conservation Intern & Guide

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Miriam Swanson Andi

Photographer & Videographer

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Felix Cerda

NSF Research Intern

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Paola Penafiel Andi

Pastery Intern

Knowledge Carriers & Storytellers
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Belgica Dagua Andi

Andowa & Kichwa Nationality

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Elodia Dagua Andi

Andowa & Kichwa Nationality

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Pedro Andi

Kichwa Nationality

Our dear uncle, cousin, friend, colleague, may you rest in peace.

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Awahni Guikita

Waorani Nationality

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Omanca Enqueri

Waorani Nationality

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Ore Nenquimo

Waorani Nationality

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Luisa Dagua

Kichwa Nationality

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Miguel Vargas

Achuar Nationality

Our dear relative, friend, and colleague may you rest in peace.

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Faculty & Collaborators 
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Janis B. Nuckolls

Professor & Linguistics

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Nely Shiguango

FLAS Kichwa Language Instructor 

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Lauren Dodaro

Instructor

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Annie Preux

Instructor, Medical Anthropology

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Armando Muyulema

FLAS Kichwa Language Instructor

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Juan Ruiz Macedo

Herbalist, Botanist, Researcher

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David Manuel Navarette

Associate Professor of Sustainability, ASU. 

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Georgia Ennis

Instructor

Iyarina Andi Family & Staff
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Josefina Andi

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Estela Andy

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Elsa Andi

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Pricila Andi

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Carmen Andi

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Abel Andi

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Eddy Andi

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Alejandro Andi

CONTACT  US   
 

cotococha.ec@gmail.com 

480.276.5913

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ANDES AND AMAZON FIELD SCHOOL

Sponsored by Title VI National Resource Centers at University of Wisconsin Madison, the University of Florida, Florida International University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Brigham Young University.

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