Ernesto Hernández Olmos

Ernesto Olmos, born in Oaxaca, Mexico, has been active in the community arts in Northern California since 1998. He has developed a wide range of programs, curriculum, presentations, art exhibits and musical performance based in traditions of Native Mexico. He travels to support sacred ceremonies and cultural exchanges throughout the Americas. Ernesto combines ancient forms of art that have been passed down through oral and ceremonial traditions. He works to keep sacred arts thriving with the intention of remembering indigenous roots as we walk in the path set out by our ancestors.

In 2014, Ernesto began developing the Central American Jaguar Shaman Network in partnership with the Worldwide Indigenous Science Network (WISN), directed by Apela Colorado, throughout Central Mexico and South America. This network aims to conserve the Jaguar as a sacred being across cultural, environmental, and spiritual landscapes by connecting indigenous elders, conservationists, artists, and healers who support jaguar conservation.