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It all began in the third grade at Merry Oaks Elementary School when the latest issue of the Weekly Reader arrived. Each week there was a story about a kid my age living in some exotic part of the globe. This issue featured Sangrog and his llamas. They lived a great adventure every day, high up in the snowcapped Andes Mountains. My mind raced with the possibilities. Lost cities of untold wealth. Advanced civilizations vanished from the face of the earth. Suddenly, I knew I had found my passion.
 After I finished college, I sold my car to raise some money. I then bought a ticket to Ecuador in search of treasure. It's been 21 years since I began my explorations. Since then, I've filled three passports and logged over 136 trips to South America. I cris-crossed the Andes Mountains for years searching for lost cities and Pre-Colombian civilizations. I know some of this may sound like fiction but I promise every word you’re reading is absolutely true.
I knew somewhere in Amazonia, there were hidden secrets and treasures that would dramatically alter human existence. Invariably, I found myself upriver pursuing my natural trade with the native Indians in tribal artifacts. Little did I know what would lead me to the real treasure. You see, my health had been compromised earlier in life by hepatitis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. After surviving a near-death experience, I recovered to only half of my full potential. For 12 years, I struggled with chronic fatigue, decreased mental acuity and a severely compromised liver.
Despite my poor health, I continued trekking into the jungle.
 I was exploring upriver on the Rio Ucayali, the main tributary of the Amazon. I knew I was in rough shape, chilling and sweating with fever in the searing afternoon heat. Weak and exhausted, I turned my motorized dug-out to the river bank and stumbled into a Shipibo village. Once I lay down, I couldn't get up. The natives took care of me. Their herbalist began feeding me a special mixture of herbs. A few days with these Shipibo Indians on the headwaters of the Amazon changed everything. I started getting stronger. Drinking Uña de Gato and Quebra Pedra herbal teas took my health not only back to where it had been before I was sick, but to an entirely new level of life experience.
This life-changing experience in my own health using Amazonian herbs was the watershed experience of my life! After years of treasure hunting in the jungle, I finally realized… the true treasure of the Rainforest was the life-giving properties of the Rainforest itself. I ’m excited and honored to share these treasures with you!
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