Paula Bizzi Junqueira is a Brazilian anthropologist with a master’s degree from the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS Southeast, Mexico) with a focus on medical anthropology, along with a BA from the University of Brasília (UnB, Brazil). She has carried out research on healing practices with yagé (ayahuasca) in Colombia and the contemporary landscape of peyote in Mexico. She has coordinated the editorial committee of Áltera, a scientific journal produced by the postgraduate program in anthropology of the Federal University of Paraíba (Brazil). Her research addresses the intersections between health and spiritual practices, encompassing themes such as shamanism, relational ontologies, spiritual disciplines and mental health. Paula is Chacruna’s Education Program Assistant and is currently living in Bogotá.