Taita Hector Alirio Ortiz Jimenez was born in the Colombian city of Ibague, Tolima. As a musician, singer, and songwriter, he has produced 2 records of healing shamanic spiritual music of praise. 

He started his ancestral Amazonian cultural studies related to Ayahuasca-Yage in 2002 by becoming a disciple of Taita Ruber Garreta, of the Inga community, in the lower Putumayo region, humid and tropical zone in the Colombian Amazon. His formation continued under the spiritual guidance of Taita Guillermo Mavisoy Mutumbajoy and Taita Jose Bernardo Chindoy Chindoy, of the Kamentsa Biya community of the higher Putumayo, the cold region of the Colombian Amazon. 

In the year 2009, being ordained as a Taita by the elder Taita Guillermo Mavisoy Mutumbajoy, he started his career as a Traditional Doctor of Sacred Plants and serving medicine for over eight years in various cities of his homeland, Colombia. Currently, he resides in the United States and holds Ayahuasca-Yage ceremonies in various states, such as Florida, California, Texas, New Hampshire, and New York. 

Monica Vasquez was born in Miami, FL, to Colombian parents. She completed high school in Bogotá, Colombia, and moved to Miami, FL, later graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Miami.
She began her path with sacred plant medicines, Ayahuasca-yage, among others, first as a participant, then as an organizer and translator in ceremonies, with Cofan Taita Nelson Diaz Queta. Currently, she works as an organizer and translator in ceremonies with Kamentsa Biya and Inga Taita Hector Ortiz, in Miami and Tampa, Fl.

Giampiero M. Scattolon was Born in Lima, Peru, and grew up in Los Angeles, CA. Currently, he lives in Merrimack, NH.

After being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) he worked closely together with a team of mental health professionals at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System in Long Beach, CA. His life became a bit more manageable despite the diagnosis. And yet he felt that there was a key component missing in his life.

After much research and contemplation, he felt the call to participate in his first Ayahuasca Ceremony in January 2019.

He considers his first Ayahuasca experience one of his top life-changing experiences, being a close second place next to his being present at the birth of his first child.

In early 2021 while working in a supporting role at an Ayahuasca Center in Southern New Hampshire, he decided to become a student of Ayahuasca, and quickly he understood that this would be futile without a teacher. And soon after that, he was introduced to Taita Hector Alirio Ortiz Jimenez from Colombia.

Giampiero is now a disciple of Taita Hector and seeks to continue learning about Ayahuasca – Yage and about the cultures that have used this peculiar Sacrament for millennia to connect with that which is considered sacred.

Samuel Romero was born in Michoacan, Mexico, and currently lives in Houston, TX where he serves as a certified public accountant as well as a Real Estate Appraiser. His journey with Ayahuasca-Yage started as a way to ease his anxiety. The medicine cured him of this disease and since then he has become an advocate of its use due to its therapeutic properties.

Wilson Garcia was born in Valle, Colombia and currently lives in Tampa, FL. He owns and operates a landscaping company with his wife. He found that the sacred medicine Ayahuasca-Yage is an effective method for physical and spiritual healing, discovering that these processes allow him to find balance of the mind, body, and spirit. Also, he has learned that this medicine acts as a valuable tool to humanity to be able to navigate the spiritual world. 

Paola Benavidez was born in Valle, Colombia and currently lives in Tampa, FL. She owns and operates a landscaping company with her husband. The sacred medicine of Ayahuasca/Yage relieved her from her physical and spiritual diseases, allowing her to have a different vision of the external world and have a deeper understanding of her internal and spiritual world. 

Brenda Raudales was born and currently lives in Houston, TX where she is employed as a financial adviser. The medicine of Ayahuasca-Yage has helped her heal her physical and spiritual diseases, allowing her to make structural changes to her life and have a different vision of the external world. Additionally, the sacred medicine has allowed her to connect with her spiritual gifts.