Who We Are

Kayawei Earth is a 508c1a non-profit, faith based organization operating in spiritual and material collaboration with the indigenous nations of the Amazon.

Our Mission

To support indigenous-led projects in land protection, food security, and community wellbeing, while facilitating ceremonies, educational gatherings, and cultural exchanges that bring indigenous wisdom to communities seeking spiritual growth.

Photo: Kelly Carstens

Our Vision

A world where indigenous wisdom is recognized as essential to the healing of the Earth. Where communities thrive through reciprocal relationships and protecting the Amazon is a shared responsibility.

Meet the Team

  • Txaná Tuwe Huni Kuin

    SPIRITUAL LEADER

    Txana Tuwe is a Huni Kuin spiritual and community leader from the Brazilian Amazon dedicated to preserving ancestral culture, protecting sacred medicines, and developing sustainable initiatives for his community along the Humaitá River.

    He leads the on-ground implementation of our food security project in partnership with six villages and serves as one of our spiritual leaders, guiding prayer circles and cultural immersions both in the US and his home village, Aldeia Novo Futuro.

  • Leah Steiger

    FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

    Leah moved to Brazil at seventeen and has been based there for eleven years. She holds a degree in Sociology from UC Berkeley and has spent extended periods living in villages, immersing herself in the traditions and medicines of the Huni Kuin, Shanenawa, and Yawanawa peoples.

    She has worked as an interpreter for indigenous-led festivals, serving as a cultural bridge. Through Kayawei Earth, she amplifies indigenous voices and channels resources back to the communities that have been her teachers.

  • Angeline Chen

    CO-FOUNDER & ADVISOR

    Angeline Chen is an artist, creative and activist - she grew up multicultural, feeling like a child of the earth. With a masters in economic development and international affairs, she has ten years of experience working in art, project development and execution, philanthropy and partnerships.

    She is the founder of Global Coralition and The Art Rising and has produced many events merging art, wellness, music, wisdom and impact. She has personally felt the profound healing Amazonian wisdom and plant medicine has to offer to the world and joined forces with Leah to bring Kayawei Earth to life.

    globalcoralition.org | theartrising.com

  • Alison Solis

    ADVISOR

    Alison has been on the path with plant medicine for over seven years, working with devotion and reverence. She has been in service in ceremony for four years and received her permission to serve Wachuma from her Wachiperi elder.

    As a devotional musician, plant medicine facilitator, and herbalist, she is deepening her studies with indigenous midwifery and Mayan wisdom. She embodies her teachings and invites each of us to embrace the medicine that is life.