Mercedes / Yachak (Ancestral Medicine Healer)

Mercedes is an indigenous ancestral medicine healer from Imbabura Province, near Otavalo. Since she was a young girl, she began working with her special gifts, learning from her grandmother how to work with herbal medicines, traditional midwifery, and energy healing. She has the unique ability to be able to see the problems and illnesses of others, and cures these issues with plants, massage, and energy cleansings and ritual baths. She is the president of the traditional midwifery group of Otavalo and is a leader in the indigenous community. She is a woman of wisdom with a big heart and a great laugh.