Jaguar is not just a journey through geography, but through ways of knowing, remembering, and teaching. In each place. Whether deep in the Vietnamese mountains, among the ancestral rhythms of the Sierra Nevada, or surrounded by the tides of the caribbean. I found women and men shaping their worlds quietly and powerfully. What began as an educational mission became a mirror: I came to teach, and was taught. These stories are not portraits of strangers, but shared moments of recognition, care, and resistance. This work is a tribute to those who guided me. Not with grand gestures, but with presence, protection, and wisdom. Through them, I learned that true connection is built in silence, in trust, and in the willingness to see and to be seen.”
