Tamara L. Stenn is an Adjunct Professor in the Integrative Studies Program at Keene State College, Keene, USA. She is also the Founder and Director of Ayllu, Inc., a non-profit (501c3) that creates educational programs and intercultural projects which support place-based and indigenous knowledge, practices, and peoples in the spirit of reciprocity and KUSIKUY Clothing Company, a Fair Trade, handmade, natural fiber knitting business with production in South America's Andes Mountains. She has spent the last 15 years traveling to South America to research and work with indigenous artisans involved in Fair Trade.