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My name is Mercedez Karina García Ríos, “Ayahuasca Noma is my spiritual name. I came back to this world on December 31, 1984 in a native community called Caco Macaya, located in the Iparia district, Coronel Portillo province, Ucayali, Peru.

I spent most of my childhood with my parents and siblings in my community and at that age my grandparents instilled on us principles and values rooted in our own cosmovision.

I studied in my native community (Caco Macaya) at elementary level and I attended Yarinacocha National School for my secondary studies. I studied computerized accounting at Instituto Superior Tecnologico TOKIO. All of these institutions are located in Coronel Portillo in Ucayali, Peru.

After some time, I started my apprenticeship in Shipibo Conibo Indigenous Traditional Medicine as I experienced myself real and positive outcomes with the use of Ayahuasca, our medicinal plant. My 8-year preparation resulted in a Master’s in the application and management of our sacred plant under the guidance of my master Antonio Muñoz Burga, who is an Onanya—title granted to him as an eminence in traditional indigenous medicine.

Currently I work as a Medicine Woman using our sacred plant in a spiritual context inherited from our ancestors.