After a first experience in Africa on health projects with the Belgian Technical Cooperation and with the “Brothers of Men” association, he arrives to Peru in 1980 to lead the Lampa Hospital (Puno) as head of mission of "Doctors without Borders". This experience will awake his interest in Peruvian traditional medicine systems and practices, which efficacy is verified by him clinically every day. He decides to study these ancestral resources in primal health since 1986, as an associated researcher of the French Institute of Andean Studies (IFEA). Then he went through many years of traditional medical learning in different regions of the Peruvian Amazon. In 1992, he founded the TAKIWASI Center where intercultural medicine is practiced, nurtured by native traditional and modern knowledge. Between 1996 and 2001 he served at the National Institute of Traditional Medicine of Peru as Director of the San Martin region. Because of his research he has been entitled as an honorary member of the Association of Psychologists of Peru, and as an Extraordinary Professor at the Southern Scientific University (Lima). He participates in the board of the Transcultural Psychiatry Department of the Peruvian Psychiatric Association and was elected a Fellow of Ashoka Foundation in recognition of his encouraging work as a "social entrepreneur".

Spends his time between the administration of the Takiwasi Center, the psychotherapeutic care of its residents, and teaching at the Cesar Vallejo University (Tarapoto), where he dictates the subject Drug Dependency. He represents Takiwasi in the Latin American Federation of Therapeutic Communities. Also regularly performs lectures at universities and at national and international events, about Amazonian traditional medicine and drug addiction treatment.

She is actually finishing a Master’s Degree in Public Health (Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Tarapoto). And stands out for her important activities and contributions in the socio-medical sphere: former coordinator in the Regional Health Forum of San Martin on the working group "Traditional Medicine and Interculturalism", and in the National Health Forum on the table of "Traditional Medicine"; Dean of the Medical College of the San Martin Region; Directs a Private Medical Centre, "Holy Family", in the city of Tarapoto; Defends the importance and urgency to preserve and integrate traditional medicine into the formal health system with a focus on intercultural respect; Author of numerous publications, including the report on which the Ayahuasca has been declared National Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture of Peru.

He also has a Diploma in Harm Reduction and Risk Management (Universidad Central de Chile). In the therapeutic field he formed himself as a gestalt integrative therapist in Chile and Brazil.

This background is complemented with a vast experience as a consultant and rapporteur in the Consulting, Training and Research Unit in the PARENTESIS Foundation - Home of Christ, among other institutions dedicated to topics like social movements, social exclusion and problematic use of drugs. He also has experience as a university professor in his country, in Communication Psychology, Theory and Psychological Systems, and Social Research Techniques. Nowadays he teaches Social Psychology at the César Vallejo University in Tarapoto, Perú.

She worked as a child and adolescent therapist at the Psychiatry University Clinic in Chile, and in private consultations. And also worked in group therapy contexts from 2008 through 2009.

She joined the Takiwasi therapeutic team in April 2010, assuming the post of Coordinator of the Clinic Area.

He also has a Diploma in Holistic Therapies, Community Mental Health and Psychosocial Risk Management, at the University of Manizales, Colombia.
With over 5 years of experience in the area of clinical intervention, especially regarding addiction disorders and the structuring of clinical intervention models in drug rehabilitation centers; as well as research experience in the field of psychoactive substances' epidemiological surveillance, and the management of population with chemical and non-chemical addictions.

Proactive, with communication skills, high analytical capacity and strategic thinking. He has experience in performing psychological evaluations and reports, diagnosing through psychological tests, and has the ability to lead, organize and guide teams. He worked in the psychological area of the MINSA1 - II Hospital of the city of Tarapoto in 2009. Also worked as a trainer and monitor of state programs in 2010.

He currently works as an ergo therapist and a psychologist in the Takiwasi Center.

His role is very important to the Center since, in addition to escorting patients in their daily work, he is also in charge of preparing the purge and diet plants used during the treatment.

He worked in the Prevention and Drug and Alcoholism Abuse Project of DEVIDA (2004-2005). Children's entertainer (1999-2011). Physical Education Professor I.E.I. 303 (1999-2009). Professor of Physical Education and Dance IEP "Cristina Garcia Blanco" (2002-2009). Dance Professor in the "Centro del Adulto Mayor" (1997-2011). Physiotherapy Professor (2005-2011). Psychomotor Professor in Kindergarten "My Little World" (2006-2008). He made the Basic and Intermediate Courses of Volleyball Coaches "Seed BCP - The Trade" with the former international coach of the national team of Volleyball Mambo Park. He is also a member of the BCC organization (Bossa Cofee Club) for general events in the city of Tarapoto. He is currently also working as an ergotherapist at the Takiwasi Center.

In the Takiwasi Center she conducts bio-dance workshops with music from all over the world. This mind/body technique collaborates with relaxation, “feeling” with the body, and the therapeutic emergence of repressed emotions.

Has a Master’s Degree in Public Health (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia). Worked as a Community Promoter and Prevention Specialist in the Prevention of Drug Consumption and Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts Program (DEVIDA - Belgian Technical Cooperation). He has a formation in Rational Emotive Therapy. His current work in the Takiwasi Center: counseling and guidance, psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic group work in the integration of the symbolic content of the ayahuasca sessions. He also does technical assistance and monitoring in the Drug Consumption Prevention and Treatment Program (GORESAM - DEVIDA). And teaches in the César Vallejo University in Tarapoto. He has been part of the Takiwasi’s therapeutic team since 2003.

Has a long trajectory as a social ministry in difficult contexts such as the terrorist period. By order of his bishop, he assumes a pastoral role of spiritual guidance to staff and patients of the Takiwasi Center. Participates actively in the psychotherapeutic evolution processes through plant sessions, and offers workshops to promote values. Takiwasi is a non-denominational NGO that however considers essential to extend the overcoming of psycho-emotional problems through the introduction to a spiritual dimension. As the mayor religious context of Peru is Christian, he assumes a liturgical service in the chapel of Takiwasi and spiritual Christian direction for individuals and patients who request it freely.