Carolina Bolivar

Meet Our Co-Founder, Carolina Bolivar

Carolina is a certified holistic health coach, postpartum doula, author, conscious parenting guide, and plant medicine facilitator, carrying the ancestral wisdom of her lineage of curanderas and herbalists. Her life’s work has been devoted to creating spaces where women, mothers, and communities can reconnect with their inner harmony and remember their authentic power.

Carolina was born and raised in Colombia, in a land where mountains, rivers, and tradition weave themselves into daily life. During the violence of the 1990s, she left her country in search of safety, carrying a deep sense of rupture that made returning feel distant and complex. Yet, when she finally stepped back onto Colombian soil years later, something awakened within her. The land spoke to her. Her roots called her home.

Returning became a doorway to her own healing journey, a journey that helped her remember who she truly was, and the power held in her lineage, her culture, and the natural world that shaped her. Through this remembrance, she discovered that healing is not only personal; it is ancestral and communal. It is a return to belonging.

Now, as co-founder of Casa Andes, Carolina brings this wisdom forward. She envisions the space as a sanctuary of restoration and rejuvenation, where nature guides the pace, where the body softens, and where the mind and spirit find clarity. She believes that when we reconnect with the earth, we reconnect with ourselves. When we remember our roots, we remember our power.

Through her leadership and her heart-centered guidance, Casa Andes becomes more than a place, it becomes a homecoming.

Agostino Cangiano

Meet our Co-Founder and Chef, Agostino Cangiano

Agostino’s journey with food began early, at just fourteen, in the vibrant streets of Napoli, Italy. Surrounded by the scents, colors, and rhythms of true Neapolitan cuisine, he cultivated a deep devotion to the craft of pizza-making and the soulful simplicity of Italian cooking. This passion eventually carried him across the ocean, opening several restaurants in New York City and sharing the authentic heart of his culinary heritage.

When Agostino first arrived in Colombia, something stirred in him. He fell in love with the land, the warmth of the climate, the lushness of the mountains, and the abundance offered so generously by the earth. Here, he remembered that nourishment is not only about taste, but about connection: the soil, the hands that tend it, the ingredients harvested with care, and the community that gathers to enjoy them.

At Casa Andes, Agostino brings this philosophy to life. He understands that food becomes medicine when it is rooted in nature, prepared with intention, and shared in a space of presence. As co-founder and guardian of all things culinary, he envisions Casa Andes as a place where meals are always guided by the rhythm of the land, organic, seasonal, and lovingly farm-to-table.

Through his leadership, every dish becomes an invitation to slow down, to savor, and to reconnect with the wisdom of simple, honest ingredients. Agostino carries forward the message that eating fresh is a way of living well, and that real nourishment begins long before the food reaches the plate.

Erica Sandoval

Erica Priscilla Sandoval is an award-winning mental health practitioner, speaker, executive coach, entrepreneur, podcaster, philanthropist, and author

Erica is the Executive Director of Siembra Today, a women-run, BIPOC-led nonprofit devoted to providing accessible mental health and wellness support through narrative storytelling, books, workshops, healing circles, conferences, and social media campaigns. Siembra Today’s goal is to destigmatize and promote mental health and wellness for the Latino/a/x/e and BIPOC community, so that they can plant seeds of hope for themselves and future generations.

Erica is also the founder and CEO of Sandoval Psychotherapy Consultation—known as Sandoval CoLab—which provides talk therapy, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), and holistic offerings. She is the creator of the book series Latinx/e in Social Work, personal narratives available in both English and Spanish that amplify the voices of Latinx/e social workers.

Erica holds a Post Master’s in Clinical Adolescent Psychology and a Master’s in Social Work from New York University, Silver School of Social Work. As a proud immigrant from Ecuador, her passion is fueled by supporting her community.