Reciprocity & Regeneration for Indigenous Communities & Ecosystems

El Puente is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation based in Delaware USA. We currently support four IPLC-focused biocultural pilot projects in the Acre and Amazonas States of Brazil, and act as an intercultural bridge between local and international communities — weaving a rich tapestry of connections and knowledge sharing capable of protecting cultural diversity and essential natural ecosystems.

Meet the Team

  • Pablo was born in Argentina in 1975, half indigenous half european. Expert in convergences of traditional wisdom with new ecological paradigms of science. Trained in Ethnobotany and Humanities, PhD in Natural Philosophy and Master’s degree in Anthropology, History and Aesthetics, with a degree in Classics and extensive field work in ecological restoration & environmental education in the Amazon & the Andes. Trustee of diverse charities, had published more than 12 scientific papers on main journals of Neuropsychpharmacology, Ethnobotany, Humanities and Ecological Restoration, 2 books of poetry, 1 book on oral epics and many cultural articles in magazines. 

  • Giles operates at the intersection of finance, entrepreneurism and holistic wellness. He has an MBA in Sustainability from the Presidio School of Management and a BA in Psychology. He co-founded Torii Labs, The Fifth Kingdom and Woven Science and is also the co-founder of The Tyringham Initiative, a center for consciousness research and transformation. Giles also sits on the leadership board of the Vista Del Mar Children's Charity.

  • Nick has a background in finance, entrepreneurship and technology. He has a BA from Georgetown University, MSc from Cass Business School and is a graduate of Oxford University Said Business School’s Blockchain Strategy Programme. from He co-founded Baby Bundle and Woven Science and was previously Head of Africa for Diginex. Nick is a Director of the Watch Hill Charitable Foundation.

  • Nick has a background in finance, entrepreneurship and technology. He has a BA from Georgetown University, MSc from Cass Business School and is a graduate of Oxford University Said Business School’s Blockchain Strategy Programme. from He co-founded Baby Bundle and Woven Science and was previously Head of Africa for Diginex. Nick is a Director of the Watch Hill Charitable Foundation.

  • Christina's vision to help interweave the wisdom of the ancestors, new regenerative methodologies, with the basic needs of the people — in their space, at that time — has led her through diverse initiatives in South America.

  • Mickael is a social-environmental enterpreneur, an architect with BA by the University of New South Wales, and a systems thinking designer by practice. His work focuses in social technologies, design strategy and buildings habitability. He is a strategy consultant at Harmonia, a volunteer at Matutu Foundation, Founding Partner and Creative Director at HAU, Founding Partner of Harmonia BBM and Founding Partner of OTOH.

  • Graduate in Business Management and executive secretary. Environmental and Intercultural activist in the States of Acre and Amazonas.

    Founder of the Kindergarden of the Colonia 5000 Santo Daime community. Founder and health secretary of the Sebastián Mota de Melo health center. Health agent specializing in tropical diseases. Treasurer of the HERMES project (France) with the Association of Vegetable Leather Producers of Amazonia. Microscopists Coordinator and medical assistant in expeditions for the control of childhood malnutrition and malaria in the Purus, Inauini, San Francisco and Curupatí Rivers, states of Amazonas and Acre, Brazil. Training at the Society of Ethnopsychology and Cognitive Studies (Barcelona). Director of the Institute of Applied Amazonian Ethnopsychology in Amazonas until 2016. Coordinator of the 2nd World Ayahuasca Congress at the Federal University of Acre. Coordinator of courses for health agents for indigenous areas with Dr. Pablo Alencar at the CPI (Pro Indian Commission), Acre.

  • D.S. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

    Adjunct Professor - Department of Education at Universidade Federal de Viçosa

  • Manno is an expert in geospatial intelligence and business strategy. He worked as an advisor to the government in Brazil, where he oversaw the implementation of biological corridors and many hundreds of thousands of acres in protected areas in different biomes. During that period, he was also leading the development of new systems to detect deforestation and platforms to make geographical information and environmental knowledge widely accessible to the public.

    He is currently director, trustee and advisor to various cross-sector organisations in the UK, US, Switzerland, New Zealand, Brazil and Argentina, and has recently joined the Board of Directors of the Institute of Ecotechnics in the UK.

    Manno believes that, as a global species, we have the responsibility to integrate art and science and to leverage knowledge and technology in order to foster a world that works for 100% of humanity while nurturing our biosphere.

    In 2019, he became a fellow of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship.