In this episode, Rupande speaks with Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, the owner of Kitchen Curandera. They talk about her work, what it means to be a curandera and the healing power of plants. Rupande asks Felicia about her book, Earth Medicines and how we can all start small by incorporating meaningful doses of ancestral wisdom in our daily lives.

They talk about corn, how the sacred plant came to be vilified by colonialists and today is causing more harm than good. Felicia offers her thoughts on how being aware of where we source our food from/grow it ourselves/practice ancestral acts it is a good way to re-indigenize/decolonialize our lives.

To learn more about Felicia, visit her website: https://www.kitchencurandera.com/ or follow her on Instagram @feliciacocotzin.

Resources Recommended by Felicia:

1. Check out gardening zones to see what you can plant
2. Visit the library for seed swaps
3. Google search ethnobotany to see how native plants were grown/used