About Us

Ensi Gholami

Born in Costa Rica to a Costa Rican mother and Iranian father, has a long line of permaculture and farmers in her family originally from Perez Zeledon. Developing different skills and gathering knowledge she has spent the last 10 years working closely in different organic, small scale and regenerative farms around the country weaving a solidary network of support for farms and bridging between stores, markets, hotels, retreats, and end consumers facilitating a food service she likes to refer to as regenerative Provisioning. By providing consumers with high-quality products, transparent information on the origin, and showcasing the work and the hands behind each product, an informed choice can be made and the price exchange with the farmer/producer is always abundantly rewarded.

Regenerating the relationship we have with our food and our modern food systems, has brought Ensi to develop a new model of consumerism, transitioning from scarcity, disconnected models to abundant and infinite ones. With the incorporation of circular and green economy ideals and direct support focused more on value and less on price, she is working to create well-being business relationships that expand to every single party involved.

Along with her daughter, they guard and protect land in the middle of the Osa Peninsula, Close to the Corcovado National Park and the Golfo Dulce, maintaining the family’s tradition and values of living respectfully and close to our mother Earth.

Maité Cristina López

Passionate activist, researcher, academic, and entrepreneur invested in social justice, human rights, peaceful resolution of conflicts, women empowerment, LGBTQI rights, Mother Nature rights, social responsibility, and global community rights.

Through my academic career and entrepreneurial endeavors, I continue to design research and projects that bring us closer to engaging in supporting and empowering communities and populations as well as business modalities that base their work and profit on combating social injustice and inequality.

M.Sc. Latin American Studies (2023)
M.Sc. Human Rights & Peace Education (2022)
B.A. Honours Sociology/Human Rights (2014)
Yogini (800+ hours of classical Patanjali, Iyengar, prenatal, trauma-informed yin)
EFT Certified Therapist
Mindfulness Coach
Life Coach (In Training)

Gabriela Naranjo Madriz

Born 08-01-83. Costa Rican grew up in Heredia.

Study at UNED, and graduate in Preschool Education.

In 2003 she discovered the Osa Peninsula, Playa Carate.

In 2007, together with Markus (her husband), they started the Finca Exótica ecolodge project.

As co-founder of a mini-family business, I have been in charge of several areas including administration, marketing, and cooking.

This year is 20 years of having the great honor of living in the tropical jungle of the Osa Peninsula, eternally in love with such green beauty, and biodiversity of flora, fauna, and fungi.

I want to help in any way possible to protect Mother Earth, and the Golfo Dulce and create projects for the communities to help them build coincidence and live in a loving way with Pachamama.

I love to travel and create art. I dream of having a workshop to work on different artistic techniques such as ceramics!

Samantha Power

Samantha Power is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Finance for Gaia. She is a Nature Finance Specialist and Ecological Economist based in Oakland, CA on the ancestral land of the Ohlone people. Through Finance for Gaia, she supports clients to: pursue cross-sector collaboration and cooperation, develop and implement visions and strategies that lead to transformative economic change, and put finance in service to life. It is her personal mission to heal how humans interact with the Earth through the economy – moving from extraction and destruction to regeneration.

Samantha believes that our biodiverse ecosystems are the organs of the Earth and must urgently be protected to ensure resilience to climate change, meet the needs of all, and provide humanity the continued ability to thrive. She believes in the criticality of a just transition to a zero-carbon, nature-positive economy that puts the needs of the most vulnerable at the center and builds on the wisdom of indigenous practices. She is working to drive a global economic and social transformation that fundamentally shifts how we relate to and value the natural world.

Samantha worked with the World Bank for more than 5 years where she was a leading voice on nature finance and an author on multiple reports on the topic. She has advised finance ministries, central banks, and investors. Her previous work includes consulting on climate and nature finance and policy at consulting firms and for a political candidate. Samantha holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics from Louisiana State University.  

Raquel Rojas

My name is Raquel Rojas, I was born in San José in 1986, and I grew up in a rural coffee-growing area in the Central Valley. My entire life I was surrounded by local crops and family groups involved in community projects. At that time, my family grew coffee, cane, roots, corn, beans, decorative flowers, and raised animals.

My inclination for agriculture, land protection, communal work, local seed recovery and conservation, seasonal crops, food processing, and preparation was a fundamental and integral part of my entire development.

My professional training is in Graphic Design. In addition to this, I have studied  Holistic Therapies, Trauma Therapy, Communication, and Permaculture where I am passionate about creating balanced ecosystems, restoration and conservation of soils, and natural medicine of plants and trees.

Currently, my process is the empirical observation of the body, consciousness, interspecies communication, and the study of natural medicine based on indigenous knowledge.

My work is diverse but it is always aimed at integration, healing, and the transmission of knowledge, I often use art as a media.

Diana Arroyo Valverde

Diana’s passion is to serve humanity. Her personal journey and curiosity about natural health and transformation led her to the studies of Psychology, Indigenous Healing Arts, Thai Massage, and Yoga.

Diana was part of the Granito de Arena non-profit for 5 years, writing and organizing projects with indigenous communities in Costa Rica through the program “Youth in Action” from UE.

She lived for 5 years in several indigenous communities in Costa Rica (Boruca, Bribri, and Cabécar) which brought a deep understanding of the cosmovision and allowed her to create
strong relationships with some activists in those territories.

With over 20 years of experience, Diana serves guests and trainees throughout Costa Rica Hotels, Spas, and Retreat Centers, as well as facilitating transformative retreats and training in Costa Rica, the United States, Germany, and Peru.

In 2010 she moved to the Chirripo area where she co-founded and is currently co-administrating “Centro Educativo Finca Mia Chirripo”. A Waldorf school that allows local kids to have access to alternative education and integrate foreign families into a Spanish-speaking school.

My philosophy is “Live a simple life with authenticity, love, compassion, and integrity.” I believe that through the kindred flow of the Divine, together we create a ripple effect that heals and changes the
world.

Fill your cup with fulfillment, pleasure, and happiness, and transform your life.

Adrian Carroll

Adrian has been living in the Golfo Dulce region for 20 years. He has been practicing a regenerative lifestyle and engaging in sacred land stewardship just outside of the town of Pavones. His love of the local ecology and cultures fuels his passion to see the whole region thrive. He is currently practicing regenerative agriculture, permaculture, tropical herbalism, natural building, and many forms of re-wilding. He also teaches the many aspects of nature connection.