Amid Plants and Souls: Herbalism in the Lives of Women from Suchitlán, Colima: A Community Book for the Intergenerational Preservation and Transmission of Ancestral Knowledge

José Alejandro Torres Covarrubias has a BA in Social Communication from the University of Colima with Specialization in Rural Communication and a Diploma (Certification) in Communication for Development and Social Change. He coordinates the Xoxochitla Cultural Self-Management Collective within the project CONAHCYT 322693: Rescue and Digital Dissemination of the Historical Collective Memory of Suchitlán, Colima. He has also worked as a Science Disseminator for institutions such as El Colegio de Michoacán, the Mexican Embassy in the Philippines, the Paris Nanterre University, and the INAH. Also, he has collaborated during the last six years with the CUIS of the University of Colima and is a member of Caleidoscopio Research Network.

Camila Sofía Ceballos Gómez is a student of the master’s degree in Childhood and Youth Studies from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. She has a BA in Communication from University of Colima and another in Social Work from the Vasco de Quiroga Social Work School, in Mexico. Also, she has a Diploma (Certification) in Gender Studies from the Center for Equality and Gender Studies of the University of Colima. She is passionate about Communication for Social Change and Community Social Work with children, youth, and women from a feminist, intersectional and liberating perspective. At present, she collaborates in the field of Community Intervention of the project CONAHCYT 322693: Rescue and Digital Dissemination of the Historical Collective Memory of Suchitlán, Colima.