Andrea Catalina Falcón Rios de Pabst is a Peruvian-born, Quechua-rooted transformational guide, cultural strategist, and ritual facilitator based in Switzerland. Her work lies at the intersection of ancestral knowledge, healing practices, and regenerative leadership—supporting both individuals and organizations in navigating personal growth and systemic transformation.
With a lineage deeply rooted in public service and cultural preservation, Andrea draws on the legacy of her family: from government leaders and engineers to celebrated musicians of the Andes. Her early life, shaped by the internal conflict in Peru, exposed her to the realities of displacement, Indigenous lifeways, and the profound wisdom held in ancestral traditions. Raised between remote Andean villages and elite educational systems in Lima, Andrea became adept at navigating the spaces between worlds—Indigenous and Western, spiritual and institutional.
Becoming a mother at 16 further shaped Andrea’s life path. A pivotal moment came when a nurse of Indigenous heritage introduced her to the healing power of cacao—an experience that ignited her lifelong commitment to ancestral medicine and embodied healing. Andrea went on to study psychology, shadowing professionals in elite schools and psychiatric hospitals in Lima and the U.S., but eventually chose a more holistic path. Her training has included Reiki in New York, sound healing in the Andes, and deep immersion in Peru’s plant medicine traditions.
Today, Andrea is the co-founder of AMARA, a regenerative cacao initiative connecting Peruvian biodiversity with the Swiss market, and a founding voice at the Institute of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IIKS). She also serves as spokeswoman for Huaca Montegrande, a sacred site in Jaén, Peru. In 2021, she relocated with her family to the Sacred Valley for a deep healing retreat and unschooling experience, before moving to Switzerland in 2023 to continue bridging Indigenous wisdom with European innovation.
Andrea has guided transformative experiences for visionary leaders at UP Games (Davos) and ChangeNOW (Paris), and was a featured speaker during the World Economic Forum (Africa House, Davos 2024). Her work is a call to honor the past while designing the future—where Indigenous knowledge is not only preserved, but recognized as essential to cultural renewal, planetary healing, and the evolution of human consciousness. Learn more here.
My vision for the future is one of freedom, dignity and creative flow, where Indigenous knowledge systems are no longer seen as peripheral or symbolic, but as vital sources of intelligence, healing, and guidance for a world in transition. I believe humanity is being called to remember its deeper relationship with the Earth, with each other, and with the sacred and that this remembering must include the voices, traditions, and cosmologies of the peoples who have preserved these connections for generations. I envision a future where ancestral plants like cacao are not commodified, but honored as cultural allies and carriers of memory and medicine. I imagine creative spaces, like those in the art world, becoming places where ceremony, ecology, and innovation meet. In this future, art is not just expression, but transformation. As a mother, my wish is also deeply personal: that my children, and all children, grow up in a world that respects life in all its forms. A world where culture is not erased but celebrated, where healing is integrated and accessible, and where leadership is defined by coherence, care, and collective responsibility, not extraction or domination. I see myself as part of a growing movement of bridge-builders, people rooted in tradition, yet fluent in contemporary systems—who are helping shape a future that honors the past without repeating its mistakes. My role is to support this shift through ritual, regenerative storytelling, and intercultural dialogue that uplifts both people and place.
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