Nana Marina is an Ajq'ij, a Spiritual Guide of the Maya Tz’utujil lineage in Guatemala. She is a carrier of ancient Mayan wisdom, serving as a leader of multiple ceremonial medicines and modalities, specializing in the healing magic of Cacao, Patxte, and Tobacco through traditional Mayan fire, cacao, and temazcal ceremonies.

Nana is also a teacher of native Mayan languages, the Mayan Calendar, and the Sacred Mayan Cosmovision. She recently completed her Masters in Sociolinguistics with a focus on Mayan languages and cacao, and runs a ceremonial cacao company, Ixmucane Cacao, with her family and community. She is a founding member of the Great Council of Indigenous Authorities in Guatemala, and also a founder of The Association of Walkers for Peace Jun Imox, a non-profit association of indigenous Mayan community leaders in Guatemala, who offer their ancestral wisdom to a global community in efforts to promote individual healing and universal harmony.

Nana Marina is devoted to the healing and restoration of humanity, and as such, travels the world and serves her local community in sharing these beautiful gifts of purification rituals with the intent of promoting peace across the globe. She continues to keep the fire of her father’s legacy alive, by doing everything with love. “Pase lo que pase, siempre con amor.”