What Guides Us?

OUR VALUES

We strive to incorporate our guiding values in everything that we do, and in the ways that we show up.

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Love

We love life and are compassionate towards all beings.

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Learn

Everyone is a student, everyone is a teacher.

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Regenerate

We leave places better than how we found them.

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Serve

We are in service to the community and the land.

El Equipazo
Our Super Team

Persi Olivera

Co-Founder, Operations Manager

Eliane Cohen

Founder, Director of Learning

George Heibel

Co-Founder, Director of Technical Operations

Lili Gamonal

Kitchen and Hospitality Lead

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Marilu Ramirez

Soils and Farming Lead

Carlos German

Construction Technician

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Neiser Cayatopa

Soils, Landscaping and Construction

Meyly Ramirez

Kitchen, Hospitality and Gardens

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Neysser Carranza

Construction Technitian

Alejandra Arias-Stella

Director of Administration and Communications

Local Programs Lead and Educator

Tamar Ellerton

Rodrigo Lecca

Agronomist, Educator

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Carolina Bins Ely

Ecological Designer

José Behar

Illustrious Architect

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Organizational Culture

Amine Toumi

Kate Rudd

Organizational Strategy

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Timoteo Ramirez

Maria Fe Saito

Academic Relations Lead

Farming and Landscaping

ASSOCIATES

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